Elara's POV
I found Ravin after class and pulled him aside before he could disappear anywhere, steering him into a quieter corner of the corridor where nobody was going to walk into the middle of what I had to say.
He followed without asking questions, which told me he already had some idea of what was coming.
"You could have just told me," I said, keeping my voice low but making sure he understood I was not calm about this. "About the bloodline.
About why you and Lyris were so comfortable with each other. If you had just said something from the beginning I would have had zero reason to be upset about any of it."
Ravin looked at me with that steady expression he had, the one that never gave too much away, that particular patience he got when he was listening properly and had decided
