SELENE
NEXT MORNING
Mara found me at breakfast before I had even finished my first cup of coffee, she sat down across from me fast, the way she did when something was eating at her, and started arranging her food without saying anything for about ten seconds.
That alone told me everything. Mara was not a quiet person, her silence meant she was deciding how to start.
I put my cup down. "Just say it."
She looked up. "Calder went after Kael last night."
I went still. "Where?"
"Behind the east wing. After the trial." She lowered her voice and leaned slightly forward. "I was walking back and I heard them. I should have kept going but I slowed down."
"What happened?"
"Calder was right in his face," she said. "Like close enough that it should have started something, and he was not yell
