She turned to me, and I noticed her yellow top wasn’t so pristine. The side was stained red. “Kiana?” I tried to touch it, but she pulled away.
“You said Saris lied? What do you mean?”
The stain wasn’t just red. It was blood red. Why would she be bleeding here? This was her place of peace and love. “Yes, she said that Claudine already had two ingredients, but Lunessa is safe. Goddess, I haven’t told you. I’m sorry about Evalina, baby, but she begged me to kill her. I would have tried to come up with another way, but Lunessa is her granddaughter, and Evalina hoped her death would protect her. That Claudine wouldn’t know.”
“Claudine does know,” Kiana murmured. The stain grew bigger, and when I reached for her again, she stepped back. “The Mother told me. She died. Claudine and her wolves
