CHAPTER 37
Ariel’s POV
The library suddenly felt smaller than it ever had. Carlos probably chose the wrong place to say this to me.
Or could it be the right time?
I needed to know the truth, but am I willing to know it from someone who barely looked my way twice?
“You can go with whatever you think you know,” I said aloud, making up my mind immediately.
The library just outside the west wing was always treated sacredly.
It was dimly lit and far enough from the main halls that no one could hear our voices, or so I believed.
I was halfway to my feet when his voice stopped me.
“Ariel.”
I sat back slowly and looked up at him.
He leaned against the table as he had nowhere else to be, with his other hand tucked casually into his pockets.
His posture looked relaxed, too relaxed. But t
