“Pick your call.”

Thira prompted him one more time, looking from Riven to the phone vibrating on his side of the table.

At first, when she caught a glimpse of the capital "O" starting the name of the caller, she had guessed it was Vela, but when it was followed by his corresponding reaction…the uneven lines on his forehead, betraying the shock he was actually feeling and desperately trying to hide with a show of nonchalance, Thira got the needed confirmation for her suspicions. Her guess ...