Lysandra bit her lip to keep her held-back tears from spilling over.
"How do you remember any of that, if you Erased all of your memories?" she asked, her voice cutting painfully into the silence.
"I'm just reciting what I wrote down." Cale's voice sounded steady again, emotionless.
"You don't remember anything except what you wrote down," Lysandra said. Her own voice sounded shaky and unsure. She didn't understand how he could stay so calm. Feverishly, she reached up and wiped her eyes.
"That's right," Cale murmured. "And that's how it is with Clove too... But I never told her about what happened to our parents. She just knows they're gone."
"No!" Lysandra exclaimed, her dismay crashing over her like a wave. "How could you do that to your own sister?"
"I didn't want her to have the
