Her brain, which had been processing things slowly this entire evening, was suddenly fast enough to form the connection in under a second. She had only one best friend. Seris. And Seris had only one mother. Adelina.
And knowing the connection between Jax and Adelina, her mind connected every dot that had been floating around them since that champion's advent.
The vengeance in his eyes when the other champions hurt her. The attitude of a man who stood opposite to an army all alone with just the energy of 'how dare you touch my woman.'
She thought. 'How did I not notice it?'
Her face went through four stages. Confusion. Suspicion. Horror. And then a fifth stage that didn't have a name but involved her mouth opening and closing twice without producing any sound.
"You... and... no. No. You can't be serious."
She pressed both palms over her face.
"Oh gods. Oh GODS."
