“Julia, it’s okay. Thomas is fine and neither Kane nor I mind that you didn’t make it over. To be honest, there were so many new faces swirling around me that you could lie and say that you were there. I wouldn’t even know the difference.”She tried to lighten the mood, feeling sorry for the other girl who was worried sick about her mate.
Julia gave her a watery smile. “Thanks. I’m good now. It’s silly of me to be feeling teary now that I know he’s going to be okay. Delayed reaction, I guess.”She dug a tissue out of her pocket to wipe her eyes, then pasted a smile on. “So... Tell me about yourself.”
The two of them sat on a bench outside the infirmary and started talking, soon discovering that they had several things in common. Elise began to feel more a
