The low murmur of the movie still played in the background, but the real noise was in her head.
Merlina just stood there, stunned, like her brain hadn't caught up to her eyes.
She blinked twice, almost hoping Phoebe or Megan would appear behind him, maybe even Keith, something, anything to make sense of this. But there was only Craig, standing like a flame too close to her fragile calm.
"Wh…what are you…uh. Did something happen?" she stammered, voice betraying the calm she desperately tried to summon.
Craig raised an eyebrow slowly, eyes fixed on her, like a storm watching a windowpane—waiting to see if it would break.
"No," he said, voice low, calm. Hearing his voice anchored the moment in reality, confirming he was really standing there and this wasn't some dream her mind had conjured up. "Everything's perfect," he added
Perfect?
Her brows drew together. What the hell was that supposed to mean?
