It felt like an eternity passed, but when I chanced looking at Leo again, he was ashen. Every line in his face had softened, his eyes wide, jaw slack. He stared at me, but it was like he wasn’t seeing me at all. It was as if he was in another place, another time altogether. “You…” he croaked, and then shook his head, deftly blinking before his eyes found mine. “Stig?”
