My laugh seemed to have startled both Varek and Caryn into stillness. Both of them whipped their heads in my direction, Caryn with a smile and Varek with a look of shock.
“I’ve never heard you laugh before,” he said incredulously.
“Maybe because you aren’t very funny?” Caryn responded before I had a chance to wrap my mind around the way his voice almost sounded awed. “Or maybe it’s because girls don’t tend to laugh when you kidnap and shout at them.”
I can’t help it. I start laughing again, and maybe it’s the stress of the last few days or maybe even the stress of my entire life, but I can’t seem to stop. Before I know it, I’m doubled over in laughter, both hands gripping the edge of the table to hold myself up under the weight of this unexpected amusement.
Once I manage to calm mysel
