The shadows shifted, and I nearly shrieked at the dark figure seated on a chair near the opposite wall. My vision adjusted to the dim light. I found myself staring into Arin’s impassive face. “Have you returned?” he asked. I leaned my head against the wall. Vaun was nowhere to be seen, and I wondered how long Arin had sat there. “I never left.” He stood, the bottom of his coat rippling around his boots. “Yes, you did.”
