She walked along the bank slowly, trailing her fingers through the mist, looking at everything. The roots going into the water. The moss on the rocks. The way the trees closed over the far side of the pool like a ceiling.
"Does Sebastian know about this place?" she asked.
"No."
She looked at him.
"Lucian?"
"No."
She was quiet for a moment.
"You've never brought anyone here."
It wasn't quite a question.
"No," he said. "I haven't."
She turned back to the waterfall.
He watched her understand what that meant.
She didn't say anything about it. Didn't make it into something bigger than it was. Just received it and held it quietly, the way she held most things that mattered.
He walked to the flat rock closest to the water and sat down.
After a moment, she came and sat beside him.
Not close. A foot of space between them.
The waterfall filled the silence completely.
She asked about Kael first.
