The new turn - I

Silence could be deafening when it wanted to be. It could make your heartbeat so fast that you could hear it in your ears. Something I never thought was possible before.

Once the food was placed in front of us and the doors were closed, I felt myself be on guard again. I was alone with Tristan and something unnerved me about him at the moment. 

I had to do this.

"What was in the tea?" I asked, my hand is creeping the plates of my dress tightly. "I fainted right after drinking it." 

"You did." Tristan nodded. "maybe you were tired." 

"The day had barely begun. How was I supposed to be tired?" 

He pursued his lips, appearing to be thinking but I knew he was mocking me. "I think you needed to sleep." 

"I did not." I answered him. "What made you think that?" 

"You."

A meger word made me scared. "How?"