KYRA She didn’t want to admit it but she couldn’t lie to herself. Even though she wasn’t new to lying to everyone else—she had been doing this to her own mother since she was five —Kyra was not good enough of a liar to lie to her own self. The thought of his thigh brushing against hers while they both sat on the couch lingered for way too long after the shaman had been dismissed. And when he said; ‘I’ll do whatever it takes for her. I’ll take my chances’ Kyra’s stubborn heart softened for a moment. But she knew she had to harden it back up as soon as possible. Kyra knew how it felt like for a crush to be unrequited. She had had a few of those in high school. If she allowed herself to fall for him without the safety net of him loving her back equally or even more than she felt for h

