August
My chest felt constricted as I left the infirmary and hightailed it for the toolshed. Some part of me had wanted to stay, to protect Aeliana from Derek's dark mood, but I knew it would have been useless, seeing as I was the cause of it.
I couldn't believe she was kind enough to ask after my mother after being kidnapped and chained to a wall. She must have been so tired and stressed out, but still, she thought of others first.
I slipped the lockpick back in its leather loop next to its siblings and tucked the set away. I could tell Derek thought I was a thief when he found out I had experience with lockpicking, but that wasn't the case. The truth was, Blue Moon needed a surprising number of locks picked over the years, from lost keys to doors to rusted padlocks on chests that were
