We stayed in the restaurant all through the lunch rush hour, talking about life and Bryan had only shook his head at me when I told him what I’d done with Adara. He told me to my face that I was an i***t and then laughed at me.
“I should confess something to you, Kiran,” Bryan said as he looked at me.
“What?” I asked him because the look on his face was serious.
“I sent Norah to you, for protection.” he looked at me, uncertainty in his eyes.
“A human for protection?” I laughed at him as he frowned at me.
“Norah’s my sister,” he said and I coughed as I choked on the beer I had just swallowed from.
“How did she get through my circle?” I asked him.
“I thought you knew,” Bryan said to me.
“Knew what?” I asked him.
“The circle broke the night you died. When you enter any part of Helhei
