He chuckled at her, and Kit couldn’t help but smile, despite the seriousness of her question. “That’s all.”
“Are you sure?” The smile was gone. She was somber now. “Eli, I’m so glad you’ve told me all of this, and I know you’ve kept it from me because you were trying to protect me, but there can’t be any secrets between us. You know how important you are to me. I would never say anything to anyone that might get you into any trouble.”
“I know that, Kit, but sometimes it’s easier to protect you when you don’t know what you don’t know.”
It wasn’t the first time he’d said something like that to her, and the slight crease under his left eye made her think perhaps he still wasn’t telling her everything. “If there’s something else I need to know....”
“There’s not, only that I think your moth
