The question stops me cold. How do I tell Astra that I know the truth about her childhood? How do I explain that I’ve been investigating her past, uncovering secrets that she has probably never shared with anyone? Hell, I don’t even know if she remembers this part of her life. She was so young when most of it happened.
How do I tell the woman I love that I know her mother was forced to sell her body to keep her daughter alive?
“Not yet,” I decide. “Not until we know everything.”
But even as I say it, I know the truth will come out eventually. And when it does, it’s going to destroy what little peace Astra has managed to find.
The Eclipse Born investigation, the court politics, the tutors—none of it matters compared to this. There are people who hurt my mate, tortured her family, and ma
