Curious

Trent's POV

“I’m curious about something.”

“What's that?” Alina looked up at me. Her brown eyes were swollen and weary. She hasn't been getting much sleep, looking after Niguez and constantly worrying. I wanted to pull her into my arms, rest her head on my shoulder and stroke her wavy hair until she fell asleep.

She cocked her eyebrow at me. “Why are you looking at me like that?” I asked, suddenly aware of my thoughts.

“You wanted to ask something, didn't you?” She stifled a yawn.

“Uhmm.. Right. I did.” Gosh. I felt like a high schooler in front of his crush.

“La Casa dos spiritus.”

“What?” She stared at me in confusion.

“The house of spirits? It's a place in Salamina, right?”

“Ohh… La Casa de los Espíritus. Yeah, it is. What about it?”

“Is it really haunted by spirits?”

“Definetly!”

“Really?” I sat up in my chair. “Have you been there? You've seen them? Heard them? Tell me all about it.” I rattled off like a 3 year old who had too much ice cream.

Alina giggled, he