Chapter 41:
Kael's smile went away like somebody had turned off a light.
He set his beer down on the bar. Slow. Careful. The way you'd set down something that might break.
Then he walked over to me.
"Ella," he said. "Let's go outside."
"I'm fine right here."
"Ella."
"Kael." I looked up at him. "Marisol just told me there was someone before me. And then she told me to ask you about it. And then she looked at me like she was sorry."
Kael looked at Marisol.
Marisol didn't look back. She was studying her drink like it had answers in it.
"Marisol," Kael said.
"I didn't say anything." Marisol's voice was flat. "I just told her there was someone. That's all."
"That's not your place."
"Maybe not." Marisol looked up. "But she's got a right to know. You think she doesn't? You think she'
