"You really have an elemental affinity," Selaira muttered seriously, studying Noa. "And it is a shadow, right?"
Silence settled over the room.
The air shifted, and the atmosphere tensed instantly.
Neither of them spoke.
They just observed each other in complete silence, waiting for the other to speak up.
"What?" Thalia exclaimed.
She was the first one to break the stillness. Spending most of her time with Noa made her believe that she was the one who knew the most about him.
Thanks to her prophetic abilities, Thalia had long since known about it.
She had seen Noa manipulating shadows in her dreams, and despite not noticing it in the real world, it didn't mean she wasn't aware of this information.
But what confused her wasn't that Noa had an elemental affinity.
Nor was she surprised because Noa tried to keep it a secret.
The fact that Selaira had noticed it so precisely and even asked Noa about it baffled her.
"How?" Thalia then changed the question.
