Her first instinct was to throw herself into a full Sprint and hope to outrun him. Aaliyah had thought she could not touch it, even though she could see it.
The first time in the bathroom she had gotten carried away and made to touch it, her hands had passed through it like thin air.
Even now the same thing had happened and she was not able to touch it, but somehow her fingers had grazed the object as she had withdrawn them and it felt as if her hand had been set on flaming hot charcoal.
And Alastair had seen that.
Chills ran down her spine. Why was she suddenly able to touch it when she couldn't before?!
Seeing a smirk for the first time on his lips had her swallowing. Aaliyah would have tried and hide the surprise in her eyes and keep a natural look on her face so she could deny ever brushing against the Maqbath, but her facial expressions were already revealing her true emotions.
