Sage POV
The rest of the day was...
Strange.
Not bad.
Just...
Strange.
Every time I looked at Valens, I remembered the hallway. I thought you weren't coming back. The words echoed through my head over and over again. Not because I'd said them. Because I hadn't. I'd only thought them.
And somehow...
He'd heard. I couldn't stop wondering what else he'd heard. Every breakfast. Every smile. Every time I'd looked at him just a second too long. Heat crept into my cheeks for what had to be the hundredth time that day. Goddess. I buried my face in my hands.
"You're doing it again." I looked up.
Valeria was watching me over the rim of her teacup, one eyebrow raised in amusement. "...Doing what?"
"Thinking." I groaned quietly.
"I know."
"No." A smile tugged at the corner of her mouth. "
