I placed my hand on the tent, pushing gently to make sure it was sturdy before we entered. I smiled at Alice from where I lay, moving just a bit closer.
She was already asleep, so I quietly leaned over the Outsider's still body. She breathed peacefully as my hands contemplatively stroked her neck, my grip slowly tightening. She had no room in her pretty little mind for me, the knight with no sense of direction. The prospect sickened me that she would go off with Julius again so soon.
That jealousy felt almost as awful as having a role.