Rowan's POV
The passage could wait. Mira clearly disagreed. She stood in front of the opening with the same expression she'd worn since the day I bought her at the auction—the one that usually appeared right before she ignored common sense and made my life significantly more difficult. I already knew what she was thinking. The annoying part was that she knew I knew.
"Don't even start," I said.
She folded her arms.
"I haven't said anything."
"You don't need to."
A smile tugged at the corner of her mouth. That smile alone confirmed I was right. For some reason, that made her look entirely too pleased with herself. Behind her, the hidden passage sat in complete silence. The shelf had stopped moving. The strange glow was gone. If I hadn't witnessed everything myself, I would've questione
