With that rebellious thought burning in my mind, I eyed Noctus. Noctus stared at me for a moment before he burst into laughter—a deep, rolling laughter that seemed like it broke free from him. I hunched my shoulders a little and sucked my head in like a turtle. “What?” I asked. “It’s nothing,” Noctus said when his laughter subsided. “I merely didn’t think another being was capable of making that face.”
