Tatehan tried really hard to hold in another bout of laughter, but it just wasn't possible.
When Riven responded with, "The Ocean is in the sky," it felt like someone had told him a joke so perfect it could win the highest comedy award on Earth. In his mind, he was already wheezing: What the fuck?
"Lol!" he said out loud, expecting to see some amusement in Riven's eyes. But he saw none of that.
The first time he'd laughed at something she'd said, she had smiled— something faint, like a tolerant curve of the lips. Now, her face was stone-serious, her gray eyes fixed on him with an unsettling calmness. The afternoon sun caught the silver stud in her ear, but nothing in her expression glittered.
