BASTIAN’S POV
“And what exactly are you planning to tell her?” Darren asked harshly. “That the pull she feels toward us isn’t random? That the connection she doesn’t understand has existed longer than she knows? That one of us altered her memories?”
The guilt hit me like a punch directly to the ribs. He was right.
“She still deserves to know” I said.
“No, she deserves the chance to come to it naturally,” Darren fired back.
The frustration building inside me finally snapped.
“Do you know what she said to me tonight?” I demanded. “She looked at me terrified and asked why she felt like something was wrong with her head.” My chest tightened painfully again. “She thinks she’s broken.”
Castien looked at me “She’s not ready.”
I turned toward him immediately. “You too? You agree with this
