More than half an hour had passed since I had left them alone in a room. I was standing in the hall, leaning on a wall and eating myself out of worry. I had heard them shift at some point, but since then it was complete silence.

When footsteps appeared on my right for the nth time, I straightened and looked at the person, approaching my direction. There had been a few of them already, looking for the powder room, or just getting lost, but I sure as hell didn't expect to see that person.

“Eve...” I felt obligated to say when she approached me. But in reality, I didn't...