C10 THE CLEARING

"You let me spend eight days thinking I was losing my mind. You let me think the scar was malfunctioning. You let me go into the archives and find my mother's journal on my own when you could have handed me the answers on the first day.", Lira said.

"I know.", Soren said.

"Why?", Lira asked.

Soren looked at her. The fire was burning lower now, the light dimmer, the shadows deeper