Penelope looked over at William as he reacted to the news of Crow being invited by the king. She found his frustration a bit amusing until his gaze narrowed on them suspiciously. The female knight tried to hold his gaze evenly but found it a bit difficult to. William was among the few people who knew about their relationship—or more accurately their past relationship.  Fooling other nobles might be easy but fooling him would be a bit trickier given their history. Part of her wished she could tell the older knight about how wrong he was, however, they couldn't risk having word get out about them together. Especially while they were in the castle no less. 

"Oh calm down William." she sighed with a roll of her eyes. Penelope crossed her arms over her chest and met William's gaze. "I'll have you know this has exactly to do with the king inviting him here. My father assigned me to keep watch of him."

A hint of challenge seeped into his gaze and Penelope felt a bit of nervousness at it. "If that's the case, then I'm sure you wouldn't mind me taking you off your guard duty, right?"

"[i]I[/i] wouldn't." she responded as she held his gaze. "However, my father would. He gave me instructions to remain as his guard."

William gave a frustrated look, clearly not pleased with her answer. "I doubt that. Why would you willingly take a job with this thief anyways? Aren't you supposed to be at the battlefront right now anyways?"

"Yes and that's why I took it. I wanted to speak with the king about news from the battlefront and it just happened to line up with my father's mission." Penelope shrugged. "It was two years ago, William. I've learned plenty since then." As he studied her closely for a moment, she gave another roll of her eyes to try and sell her point of how ridiculous he was acting. Luckily he finally seemed to accept her words as he gave a huff and took a small step back. 

"Fine. But I'm watching you, Vermillion. One wrong step and I'll alert your father about your past... affairs." he warned. Penelope bit back a smirk. Even if he did catch them, telling her father certainly wouldn't do much since he already knew they were together. However, she didn't want the older knight feeling the need to go yapping his mouth to any other nobles so it was still best for them to remain cautious with him around. Her gaze shifted past the older knight as she noticed another person step up to the doorway. 

"Ah.. Sorry to interrupt." the attendant dipped his head and then shifted his gaze towards Crow, avoiding looking at him directly. "I'm here to escort you to your room."