(Caius)
I stopped at Isla's door and knocked.
"It's Caius," I said.
I waited.
There was a pause on the other side. No movement at first. Then her voice came through the door.
"I know."
A few seconds passed.
"You can come in," she said.
I took the handle and opened the door. Not fast. Enough that she could stop me if she wanted to.
She didn't.
I stepped inside and left the door open behind me.
She was by the window. Sitting with her legs drawn in, her ankle resting the way Sera had shown her. A book rested in her lap but her eyes weren't on it.
They were on me.
"You knocked," she said.
"Yes."
"And you waited outside."
"Yes."
She watched me for a moment. Something in her expression was working through something, not suspicion exactly, more the careful process of someone fitt
