Cordelia, seeing that her cousin was staring at the human who was blushing earnestly and shyly, smiled halfheartedly and then said, "What kind of punishment did you give her, cousin Rohan? Perhaps I could take it to make my slaves more obedient without having to hit them all the time. You are always good at coming up with things, especially punishment, and I love to learn from you."
Rohan did not reply immediately. Instead, he moved all the food he thought his wife liked, since she had reached for them, to her front and let her eat by herself, sparing her innocent heart from thudding or ripping out of her ribcage at the rate it was beating.
