Florian tapped his fingers against the edge of the desk, studying them both with a smirk, expecting their answer.
Ren's brain was already at work, trying to come up with something they could use at this very moment.
He knew from the wiki of the church and the plague that just before the plague broke into one of the nearby cities, there'd been a pair of aspirants inducted in Rainhold but he had no idea what their names were.
Just as he opened his mouth to say something, Lilith stepped forward, chin raised as if in challenge. "Lilith." She answered.
Ren barely held back his surprise. His eyes flicked toward her for a split second. Had she really used her real name? No cover? No alias? All it would take to expose them would be a quick look at the record of Chosen aspirants.
She met his gaze with a faint smile.
