Gaelan's boots made the same path across the floor they had been making for the better part of an hour. He knew this because he could feel the slight give in the wooden boards beneath the rug. He stopped, made himself stand still for approximately ten seconds, and then started again.
Lysan watched him from the chair near the fire without comment.
"She can't be the same person," Gaelan said. Not for the first time since he was told the name of the Lunaris Alpha. "Tahla, the Tahla we knew, was Varek's mate. She died years ago. The timing alone–"
"You have said this many times, my friend."
"I know I've said it." He turned at the wall and came back. "I'm saying it again because it doesn't get less true the more I think about it."
Lysan stretched one leg out in front of him and crossed it
