Thorn watched Kristen from his peripheral vision. She was sitting at the table in the common room, staring into space. Something had her distracted, and he wondered if it was her conversation with Aaron yesterday. With his extra-sensitive hearing, he couldn't help but pick up on things that were said in the tower. He hadn't heard the actual conversation, but he had heard the change in tone. Something Aaron said had upset her, and she had done a good job acting like it hadn't. Maybe because he had been watching her so closely for the past week, he had picked up on the tiniest change in her voice when the rogue hadn't.
He decided to pay closer attention, not because he was being nosey, but because he needed to know if it was something important that affected his safety. It was almost time
