•••• Eli •••• “After the talk we had, I can use a real run. Anybody game?” Christos suddenly suggests as we jog through the forest. He says he needs to blow off some steam after the Stormweaver talk and Valerio and I agree. We could use that too, so we veer off the track and dive deep into the woods without another word. My mind is reeling from everything Valerio told us and I agree that we have to tell our mates. He didn’t ask Christos, and me not to tell our mates; he only asked us not to tell my sister, but we figured the only way to ensure my sister doesn’t find it is if Ana and Christos’s mate didn’t know either. Christos said she was already suspicious. I hope Ana won’t be mad at me when I come back with yet another confession. One that she asked me over and over. But we won’t

