Aurelia POV
"You know what this is," I said, watching Mira's expression. "Don't you?"
She didn't answer immediately, her eyes still fixed on the pendant resting in my palm, that knowing smile lingering at the corners of her mouth.
"I know a great many things," she said finally, echoing her earlier deflection, but something in her tone carried more weight this time.
"That's not an answer," I said, frustration edging into my voice despite my exhaustion.
"No," Mira agreed. "It isn't." She straightened, glancing briefly toward the darkness beyond our small clearing. "But it's the only one you'll get from me tonight. You need rest, and I have distance to cover before dawn."
"Will I see you again?" I asked, unable to keep the desperate hope from my voice.
"Perhaps," Mira said, already tur
