Trafalgar stayed quiet.
The ring had activated.
It was the first time it had done that since he got it, so it was not something he expected to happen, much less inside a random orphanage in Velkaris. Even so, nothing in his face gave anything away. Cynthia was too busy breathing deeply and trying to calm the embarrassment Sister Alena had dumped on her to notice anything strange in him.
She finally took a step forward and walked toward the boy by the window.
He was standing there watching the sunset and the streets of Velkaris beyond the glass. Trafalgar remained where he was, his thoughts turning over the same point again and again while Cynthia approached the child.
'Why did it activate? What is this? It's the first time it has happened, and I'm confused. It's not like what I felt with Rhosyn or Dravok. Not even close. So he doesn't have Primordial blood. But if the ring reacted, that means he is far from ordinary.'
His attention drifted to Cynthia while he thought.
