The room erupted in shocked murmurs and flushed gasps.
"She—she really said it…"
"Oh Goddess, she admitted it."
"I thought she was the uptight one—!"
Even Fiona was stunned, her mouth slightly parted. She couldn't believe the quiet, bookish Cecilia had said something so...intimate.
But while the room continued to simmer with heat, not just from the sisters condition, but from the sheer weight of what had just been said—
—Fauna stood very still, her cheeks burning, fingers nervously twisting together at her waist.
Unlike most of the others, she had heard Mika perfectly.
'Two people in this room.'
The words replayed in her mind again and again, louder than the murmurs, louder than the sisters whispered prayers, louder than her own heartbeat.
Her gaze flickered toward him for just a fraction of a second, then darted away just as quickly.
'He can't mean me...right?'
