"There is more I have not told you," Kira said quietly, the weight of her earlier confession about Corwin apparently loosening something she had held carefully contained throughout their entire journey together.
"I suspected as much," Logan said, though his voice carried no accusation, only tired acceptance after everything they had already uncovered this difficult day.
Kira settled back into her chair, Maren and Corren quietly excusing themselves now, sensing the private nature of whatever Kira intended to reveal. Once the small home had emptied of its hosts, she continued.
"I told you my mother served the Westwood house before its fall," she said slowly. "That much remains entirely true. But I never told you who specifically trained me, prepared me for the task of eventually finding y
