Acquisition (12)

A thought crossed Cyneah's mind, and she asked, "Does that mean you've never once removed your mask around me?"

"You are not other people," Kyran replied honestly.

Cyneah initially wanted to tease him by asking if he intended to wear his mask when she requested to see him. But his response just now shut her up. Her face reddened once more.

"I'm only wearing a mask because we're out in the open, and other people are behind us at the camp," he added.

What Kyran did not say, but Cyneah realized, was that if they were alone, then he would not wear a mask. Thinking of this, her face had gotten beet red from all her flushing.

Kyran did not even say anything worth feeling embarrassed, to be honest. But for some reasons that only made sense to Cyneah, she found the idea of being alone with him with no secrets between them too stimulating.

"If you really insist. I can warp us to a secluded part of the camp and—."