Her blood turned cold. Her fingers twitched over the page, nearly crumpling it.

"What-" she swallowed, forcing a laugh, too thin to sound natural. "Oh? I... it's only a name. Common enough, isn't it?"

But Kaidan's eyes lifted back to hers, steady, sharp, and sad in a way that made her skin prickle.

Elowyn's heart slammed so hard she feared he could hear it.

But she forced out a quick laugh, high and fragile.

"Such a coincidence," she said, tucking a stray lock of hair behind her ear with ...