My world came crashing down.
“So it was you,” I whispered, my heart breaking. A part of me had wanted to believe that there’d been a mistake or misunderstanding. That it hadn’t been Aellyn who betrayed me. I’d been naive.
“I didn’t know that they would do that to you.” She ran a jittery hand through her pink hair, her breathing erratic. “Look, I didn’t even know you were a… Shadow… Walker… whatever it’s named because you never told me even though I was like your first friend here. If I’d known it was a secret, I would have kept it. I just… didn’t know.”
told“Then how did the Ravens find out?” I countered.
“Some of them were talking about the same weird things I’d noticed about you. I mentioned it and the next thing I know, Commander Ormslang calls me to his private quarters. I… I didn’
