For a second, neither of us seemed to understand why the other was confused.
Then Salas looked down at Shelly.
His entire expression shifted.
“Wait.”
His eyes moved back to mine.
“She didn’t say that out loud.”
“No.”
He blinked.
Once.
Twice.
I could almost see his mind replaying the last several seconds.
“She…”
He stopped, looking at Shelly again as though she might suddenly explain herself.
“I heard her.”
Thoren’s voice was quieter now. “Yes.”
Salas slowly lifted one hand to the side of his head.
“In here.”
I bit my lip.
“Yes.”
“What the f**k?”
The disbelief in his voice broke through my restraint, and I laughed.
“I’m sorry.”
“You’re laughing?”
“I had almost the exact same reaction when it happened to me.”
“That does not explain what happened.”
“No,” Thoren said.
