"I–I-" Kaliyah stammered, unsure of how to respond.
Her fearful expression only made Soren more suspicious and he got off the bed, her arm still held gently in his.
"I knew my instincts were right when they told me we had crossed paths before." He said. "Tell me Kaliyah. Is there something you're hiding from me?"
Kaliyah's heart was pounding so hard now, and she feared Soren could hear it. She searched for the right words to say, to tell him that the scar was different, that it couldn't be the same with the one he saw.
But how could she when she remembered that night so vividly? Soren had paused while undressing her, and commented on the star shaped scar.
She remembered telling him that it was a birth mark.
Then Soren spoke again, as if he just read her mind. "When I asked, you
