Elara's POV
The dormitory was warm after the rain and Freya was sitting cross legged on her bed with a book open in her lap when I walked in, her eyes lifting the moment the door opened with the particular attention of someone who had been waiting and was now very ready to receive information, and I took one look at her face and decided immediately that the less I offered the better.
"You have been gone for ages."
"Training ran long," I said, dropping my bag by the door and pulling my damp jacket off, keeping my back to her for a moment longer than necessary because my face was doing something I had not fully gotten under control yet and Freya had the eyes of someone who noticed everything.
Freya studied me. "Kael kept you that late?"
"The rain slowed things down." I moved to my side
