After Xavier left, it felt like my head had cleared.
Blinking, I touched my nose, a shiver running through me as I realized that his had grazed mine. Fingers moving to my lips, I thought about the way I'd tilted my head backwards, parting them--and how he'd pulled back abruptly.
Leaving briskly.
"Would you like to see the show with me tonight?" Poala wondered, offering a worried smile.
Dropping my hand from my face, I felt slightly humiliated that she'd witness whatever it was that had almost happened just now. "What does Tesero mean?" It was a question I kept forgetting to ask, the one that bothered me every time he said it.
Poala tapped the side of her cup, smile tightening a bit. "It means 'treasure'."
Treasure.
He'd been calling me his treasure this entire time?
Dropping my
