My eyes glanced at where I guessed Ajax had gone to. “What is he like?”
Jeremy didn’t have to take a minute to think about it. “A brother I never had."
A faraway look was on Jeremy's face, deep in thought.
He sucked in a breath and shrugged. "He's intolerant but loyal and protective to a fault.”
Gesturing to the space between us, I couldn’t help but smile sadly at my next question. “Is this what you meant by ‘soon’?”
He looked like I had just punched him in the stomach, glancing back to see if anyone was listening. Everyone was either sleeping or not in their seats. When he deemed it safe, he sighed defeatedly. “Far from it. The farthest, June.”
It was so innocent.
His words were simple, but put together in a way that made it something else.
Something deeper.
We did not say
