"Smell what?" Soren asked. I heard him inhale, and he seemed to hum thoughtfully under his breath.
"It's… Briar's scent," Cassian said.
Crap.
"That's nothing new," Soren replied. "We did bring her here. It's only natural that her scent would be in the air."
I held my breath, too afraid to even let out a sound. My eyes met Jessie's terrified ones, and I saw her body was trembling with fear.
Since we were already within hearing range, there was no way to conceal our presence from them.
While my scent could be vaguely excused, Jessie's scent was a foreign presence that stuck out like a sore thumb. In fact, I bet that the only thing distracting them from detecting our scents earlier with their heightened sense of smell was the fact that they were too preoccupied with insulting Lucien's existence to take note of any abnormalities in their surroundings.
