Evaline:
I opened my mouth.
I was fully prepared to call him out on it... to tell him that what he had just said barely qualified as an answer and felt more like a beautifully wrapped excuse.
But Elion beat me to it.
"I have answered both your questions," he said calmly, as if this entire conversation wasn't deliberately designed to fray my nerves. "And you have only one question left."
I stared at him.
For a moment, I genuinely wondered if he was doing this on purpose... if pushing me to the edge of frustration was some sort of test.
"You can't be serious," I said flatly. "You barely told me anything."
He leaned back against the couch, utterly relaxed, and folded his arms across his chest.
"I told you exactly what you asked," he replied. "You asked how I knew you had healing power. The answer is... because of the secret of our bloodline."
I clenched my jaw.
