ZURI

“Everybody is ready,” Denny said from the doorway. His voice was careful, like he was afraid to interrupt. When I turned, I saw him peeking in, half-hidden behind the doorframe.

“Where’s Tyr?” he asked before stepping into the room. Was he scared that we could be doing something perverted in here? Funny.

I rubbed the towel against my hair, which was still dripping from my bath. “In the bathroom,” I said, smiling faintly. “It’s going to be worse now that the water is ...