MORIA
My throat tightens around the piece of food I’m about to swallow and I choke hard enough to almost die.
“Oh look what you’ve done.” Chryseis scolds as she gently taps my back.
Axe shrugs. “What, we all saw it right? Or do we not just talk about the, how do the humans say it… ‘elephant in the roof’ ”
Chryseis perks up. “Ooohhh…What’s an elephant?”
Oh God, Is this really happening?
I never realized how helpful having a full curtain of hair would be when you need to hide your face until this moment.
I press my lips together, suppressing both a giggle and a sigh and stare hard at a point on the ground.
“The phrase is ‘elephant in the room’ not roof and about what you guys saw it’s not…it wasn’t…”
Callum cuts me off, his voice mocking and quiet. “What it looked like? Cause it loo
