I couldn't find sleep. I tossed all night, my mind kept going to the stranger who I met last nightAstrid.

He spoke about what he saw in me like he had experienced it firsthand. Would he keep his mouth shut? What if he was friends with Xiol? I knew I didn't want to face him again after what he saw but what if he angrily goes off and tells someone? Everyone here would look at me like a loser. Not that I wasn't, I didn't just want the people here to know too.

Being in ...