*Arealla*

As I walked away from Marcus’ office, painfully reminded that I was just something he was delaying with, Liana came and caught up with me. She came right up against me, sniffing near my shoulder, and I flinched away instinctively.

“Hey!” I objected, what was that?

“Oh, sorry,” she apologized a little sheepishly. “I know you just came from my brother; I wanted to know who was with him.”

I stared at her like she was ...