Kael glanced sideways at his companion. Liora's hand brushed his coat, lingering near the pocket where the mysterious letter had disappeared. The name scrawled on its front, "Rylan Duskwhisper," gnawed at Kael's curiosity, but the unspoken tension between them kept his questions at bay.
"You've been staring," Liora said suddenly, his voice low and casual, but the undercurrent of warning was impossible to miss.
Kael started, his eyes darting away as his cheeks burned. "I wasn't—I mean, I wasn't trying to…"