“Well, that took a turn that I definitely wasn’t expecting. It’s almost like they ruin your plans without realizing it.”
I let out a sigh of my own, wondering if Alaric could even hear himself, if he even registered what he was saying, because at the moment, it seemed to me that he didn’t. I had noticed the fast rate at which the glass of wine that he had been served had been depleted, and I had also been keeping count of how many he had had—something that had become quite habitual for me to do, without me even realizing it.
“Luckily for us, these are plans that they can ruin. As long as nothing happens to the bigger picture, then I’ll have no complaints.”
“What exactly is the bigger picture, Aurora? I still fail to see it. What is the poin
