"Why are you up?"

"Why are you up?"

She replied, stressing the you.

"I was working."

He shrugged.

"You?"

She contemplated telling him. It was something she always did, back in split moon. She looked at him. its just Evander. Even if its a taboo, he'll let her get away with it.

"I was hungry."

He laughed a little.

"Well, I am too. That's what brought me out."

She released a breath she didn’t realize she was holding and smiled at him, meeting his eyes. She was standing a bit higher, since his office was downstairs and he saw her coming down the stairs. Their eyes met, and he held...