Chapter 26
‘Annie,’ Nayn whispered, kneeling down beside her and jangling her out of her dark reverie. I am not certain this is best for you.
‘It wasn’t entirely my fault,’ she said in English. The revelation stung like antiseptic on an open wound. What a painful gift, living out memories. She could only imagine what it must be like to have her mother’s or Lainie’s natural gifting. They saw other people’s memories all the time. These ones were her own and they were painful enough.
Nayn watched her with kind eyes.
I remember all of it now. I made a grave error here, and I remember why. There was a man. I think he may have been claimed by something … not alive. I did what was needed to keep him from finding out about us. I goaded him into the river. He was afraid of the river.
Nayn glan
