Third Person's POV
And to diffuse the awkwardness he was feeling, he suddenly smiled and chuckled.
"By the way," he said casually, "Would you care to share how you found me in that crowd?"
Though his tone was light, his smile teased knowingly.
He didn't call out the way her gaze had lingered or how long she had been watching him, but the implication hung in the air, unspoken.
The sound of his chuckle pulled her from her brief daze, and she caught herself quickly, yet the faint warmth of embarrassment that crept to her cheeks remained hidden beneath her veil, and she refused to let it show.
Even on backfoot, her posture didn't falter, and her voice stayed calm as she replied.
"It was the wooden emblem I gave you that night in the Tower back in the City of Vord," Adeline said softly, her voice carrying a calm certainty.
