Fascinated

Anastasia frowned as confusion stirred her mind. Why would Nyles do that? "What did she do?" 

Ileus broke a piece of bread and gave it to her. Wiping a crumb from her chin, he said, "She attacked me with a dagger." 

She stopped eating as shock rippled through her body. She looked at his forearm. "Over there?" 

"Hmm." 

She was utterly shocked. Nothing fitted. Nyles' behavior had been too bizarre from the start. "I don't get this at all! How did she attack you and managed to give you that wound?" 

He shrugged. "She had a dagger hidden under her dress. Somehow that went unnoticed." 

"A dagger!" Her lips parted. "Oh god! She was carrying it with her!"