"Perhaps you've shocked them into- silence," she said after a moment.
It seemed the hardest part was now over. She managed a small smile, finding it much easier to do so once Nikolas calmed her anxiety. It seemed he did, in fact, feel the same way he had the other night. And that made Lucy feel good, in spite of everything else. She reached her hand out and touched his for a moment.
"Say, on a scale from one to ten, how angry do you reckon' they'll be about all this?"