“She doesn’t have to tell us anything,” Arel scolded. He whimpered at the other woman.
“I’m sorry for making you worry, foremost,” Halle apologized. “It kind of just, happened ... obviously.” Finch’s excitement put the giddy feeling back in her chest. “There’s not much to tell, though. We didn’t ...” Halle blushed, realizing what people would likely think. “We didn’t even share a bed.” It was a half-truth, they didn’t share a bed for the whole night but she had fallen asleep in his arms and woke up with him next to her.
“Ledia?” Finch asked.
Halle shook her head. “Ledia Ci’Dan is his half-Northern, half-Western, cousin. Derek Ci’Dan Solaris,” Halle explained. If her face had looked anything like theirs at the revelation of that fact then it was no wonder Derek had gained amusement from
