Loren's eyes suddenly reminded Katelina of Jorick's: full of nosy curiosity.
"Does Verchiel know me? Of course he doesn't!" When Loren's grin got bigger, she snapped, "Quit being an idiot."
He snickered and leaned back on his arms. "When he took you, Jorick was pretty pissed, you know. He was raging, determined the guy was gonna kill you, or molest you, or haul you off to Timbuktu and keep you forever, or some s**t. I mean, I've seen his weird fits before, but some of the others hadn't. Micah finally threw the car keys at him and told them to go before his head exploded." He laughed. "It was great! And, of course, Torina kept saying that it was foolish to go chasing after you. Oren all but agreed with her. Then he and Jorick got in a helluva fight. Dude, seriously, I've never seen Jorick
