Kira found Logan and Elena together near the eastern wall the following morning, her expression carrying none of the earlier guilt Elena had hoped to see from their previous confrontation.
"I owe you both a proper explanation," Kira said, "not simply justification offered defensively."
"I am listening," Logan said, his tone carefully neutral despite lingering frustration from their earlier conversation.
"Secrecy has protected you for eighteen years," Kira said, settling against the stone wall beside them. "I understand why that protection felt necessary throughout your childhood, hidden away, suppressed by Garrick's careful control. But think carefully about what secrecy has accomplished recently, Logan, during these past several months since Cassius's death first forced your true natur
