Unfortunately for the struggling official, the easy and quiet deliverance he was waiting for did not arrive when he needed it most.
Instead, what came was a familiar easygoing voice he absolutely did not expect to hear at this very inconvenient moment.
"Experienced in what?"
Killian flinched all the way to his toes as though someone had just said something deeply incriminating, when in reality it had only been a simple greeting.
The question itself was innocent.
Completely clean.
There was no accusation hidden in it, no implication, no suspicion. It was simply the curiosity of someone who'd clearly arrived late to the party and wanted to know what everyone was talking about.
In fact, it was someone who wasn't even physically at the party for reasons they would never be able to explain scientifically.
Thankfully, however, that question was enough to stop the madness in the form of several cadets ganging up on the poor ol' Killian.
Ha! In his dreams.
If only.
