“Luna, thank you. Truly. I will never forget this.”
I resist the urge to shake my head at her theatrics.
She says it beautifully. She says it the way she says everything when Eli is in the room, and a month ago it might have made me want to put my hands around her throat but tonight it slides off me.
I look at the bright grateful face she has put on now that there is someone to perform it for and I do not say anything to her at all.
"Goodnight, Eli. I am glad he is well."
And I leave.
As I step out of the room, going down the stairs, I find Max on his way out.
"Frey."
"I'll see you out,” I say.
I need to share what Miriam told me with someone and he is the one person I can trust.
We step into the cold of the courtyard, away from the door, away from the guards, and I keep my voic
