I struggled to understand why my heart was beating so erratically in my chest, my eyes practically glued to Matthews’ form. I couldn’t even remember the last time that I had been relaxed enough for my heartbeat to maintain a steady pace, my body growing accustomed to this unnatural pace.
I barely realized that I was doing it, pulling my eyes away from Matthew and focusing on Shane for no more than a moment, before I settled them on Matthew once more. I couldn’t shake off the feeling that there was a vital element to this conversation that I was missing, because I had clearly been able to pick up on the challenge with which Matthew had addressed us. What I didn’t know, was why he would do that. The only possible cause that I could come up with, was the fact that perhaps he hadn’t complete
