MINA
I wasn’t going to give him an opportunity to see my face. I was certain he couldn’t see me yet.
The cloak covered almost all of my face, shadows swallowing everything except maybe the tip of my nose. Along with that, there was no way he could link me to last night’s mortifying encounter at the hot spring.
I stood quickly and stepped far, far away from him. The man then pushed himself up with a tired groan just as Calista began shrieking.
“My shoes! My dress! My mirror!”
Her belongings were scattered across the ground. People turned to look, embarrassed for her. I crouched down immediately and began gathering whatever had fallen near me just to stop her whining, but she didn’t stop.
Until she did.
Abruptly.
I didn’t need to look up to know why.
It was painfully obvious.
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