Shady

“That’s… sweet.” Ky forced a deep breath. It was a long shot but maybe, just maybe, “What was his name?”

“…no.” She shook head, but it made it feel light so she had to stop. Her stomach was churning. “I don’t think so.” So who the fuck had she met?

There was still a chance it was okay. Maybe Narfi had been dead by the time Sera came but formed a weird fictional attachment to her. Maybe he’d died young ...

“…I see…” her gut felt very, very bad. “…so they…” careful. “…what were the names of the ones who died? The ones I may run into? What did they look ...

(Dundundun) “The youngest?” So all his siblings would have been dead before he became Lord? So Narfi wouldn’t have been there when Sera was… would he? Why would he lie ...

Narfi? Her gut flopped. “…how many siblings did he have?”

“…who?” she asked weakly. She’d add them to the list.

Ky nodded. “Gods know she read me like a book.”

“…Hopefully.” She inclined her head. “If Myna is right.”

Ky was blushing profusely by the time Sera stopped staring her down, but she forced herself to hold her ground. To practice this lie. To be sure Tomhas couldn’t get ...

Ky glanced at Tomhas then back at Sera and shook her head. Her stomach felt bad. “No.”

She shook her head. “No… I’ve been trying not to talk to them much more than I have to. Any of them.”

“…a lot of people,” Ky admitted. “I don’t know who all. But… a lot.”

“They were in the tunnels, but they can go anywhere… except through locked doors… they were really nice though. I liked them.”

“…yes.” Ky nodded. “Like… Liesel and Abel Ash. They were the first I met.”