Lucielle looked like she genuinely couldn't believe what she had just heard.
Actually, "couldn't believe" might have been an understatement. The way she was staring at me made it look like I had just announced that I was planning to jump into a volcano because I heard there was treasure at the bottom. Her eyes were wide, her expression was frozen somewhere between disbelief and frustration, and I was pretty sure she was reconsidering every decision that had led to this conversation.
Elise, on the other hand, reacted completely differently.
She let out a small chuckle and shook her head, looking almost amused. It wasn't the kind of laugh someone gave because they thought the situation was funny. It was the kind of laugh that came from someone who had already accepted that a disaster was inevitable and had decided to stop fighting it.
Honestly, that sounded about right.
