Chapter 10

“Did you do that?” William asked, breaking the awkward silence.

Evan shook his head. “I was merely playing with the fire, but what you just saw was not my doing.”

“I heard a voice. It said your name.”

“Aye,” Evan whispered.

“But how would it…he know your name?”

“I don’t know,” Evan admitted.

“Either way, I’m just glad you didn’t set the damned floor on fire.”

Evan chuckled. “I’m more cautious than you give me credit for, Will. Believe me, the fire I control will only cause destruction if I bid it to do so. Otherwise, it’s perfectly harmless so long as it’s felt my touch.”

“That explains how you can have a lightning bolt shoot through your body without leaving so much as a damned singed hair,” William mused.

“Another of my innumerable charms.”

William stood. “Well, I’m to bed. I assume you are not?”