“Then what the fuck did you mean?”

She sighed and spun her chair around from the computer fully. “I mean, I could hear you in my head. What you were feeling. Remember the Hallowe’en party? That’s how I knew you were with Merlin, before I’d ever even met either of you before. I’m an empath.” Folding her arms, she nodded toward the kitchen. “The liquor’s in the cabinet over the stove, if you need some.”