Why did she keep looking at his mouth? Dimitri raised a hand to his lips, brushing gloved fingertips over them absently.

"They were amongst the many things I studied." He shrugged. Being the heir to the throne of kingdom rife with treachery and rebellion, too? You learned some things.

"If I were cowardly enough to poison my enemies, I suppose. I'd much prefer a direct approach." Like stabbing. Usually worked.