Raine's POV

The voices sounded a little bit like they were underwater, muted, and not exactly decipherable. As I became more aware, I realized they were speaking clearly; it was just muddled by the lingering fuzziness in my brain.

I lay silently, unmoving, trying to get my bearings and recall what had happened the day before. And then it all came back to me. Traveling, King Quinn, his counsel, Alaric, Loki... All of it flooded through my head, in a flash of color and events. My internal musing was alarmingly interrupted when I realized what they were saying. It was obvious they did not know I was awake. 

The tinkling...