Lyralei stared at Gerald, her heart hammering against her ribs as she waited for a reaction from him. But he just looked back at her with that same patient expression, like he was waiting for her to continue.
The silence stretched until she couldn't stand it anymore.
"That's it," she said, shaking her head. "That's what I realized."
Gerald sighed, the sound heavy with exasperation. "So that's it?"
She nodded, frowning now because this wasn't the reaction she'd expected at all. "You don't seem surprised."
He pushed off from the wall, running a hand through his red hair. "I suspected. I mean it wasn't that hard to figure out, actually." He looked at her with something close to amusement dancing in his eyes. "I'm surprised it took you so long, seeing the fact that at the convergence poin
