Both Seraphine and Liah raised a brow, confusion clouding their minds like fog rolling over a still lake. But then, Liah felt that Voren did not want Jasmine to return so soon, and that would be to Liah's advantage.
Seraphine, however, felt he was up to something, something deeper than his words revealed, a quiet calculation that made her watch him more closely.
Indeed, Voren was up to something.
His question was a test, a carefully constructed trial designed to measure the truth of Jasmine's heart.
If Jasmine refused to come because of Kael, then that would be a problem, a sign that the wounds were still too fresh, the feelings still too raw and dangerous.
However, if she came, then it would either mean she had completely gotten over him, or had matured enough to let go of her feelings and accept his happiness with an open heart.
