Because Kaedros opened his eyes sometime around midnight and found Gold staring down at him.
Kaedros went very still as red eyes pinned him in the darkness. He visualized a formation but didn't materialize it. Instead, he watched Gold carefully.
How had he gotten so close without Kaedros noticing? Not only that, Rauk and Taria were still asleep.
Even the shadows couldn't sneak up on them anymore.
Gold was as still as Kaedros, like a statue. The only thing moving were his eyes, as they took Kaedros in.
Then he spoke, his voice low.
"Is it true you're the son of the sun?"
Kaedros frowned. No one had ever asked him that before.
Son of the Sun? What the hell is that?
"What is the son of the Sun?"
Gold snorted. "So you don't know." He shook his head. "And it's not what. It's who."
He turned to leave, but Kaedros wasn't having that. not after a question that made his heart beat faster.
"Who is the Sun?"
