{Ryanna’s Pov}
The clink of cutlery against fine porcelain was the only sound in the heavy quietness. Aurelius watched us, a weak, indistinct arc on his lips saying little. His eye lingered on Casper.
Aurelius wiped his lips with a napkin and then said.
"He's mature enough to know these things, right? Hey, son, do you have a girl you like yet?"
"What?"
The words left my mouth before I even knew they were coming. Casper had barely said a word since we got here. Even now, he was silent. But he stared. At Aurelius, then at me.
I tried to smile when Aurelius said "You heard me."
"No. Why would you ask that right now?" I swallowed hard.
I tried my best not to go back that night. That one event of my life that I merely recently begun to forget, and now this. I suddenly felt the memorie
