. MAYA'S POV

He stares at me with a serious look. Then breaks into laughter. "Why won't I?"

"I thought you'd be mad that I refused to perform the ritual." I resume walking, still trying to distract myself. "

He joins me. "No, I understand that you were scared. I still need to do more work to get you to trust me." He grunts. "The ritual was successful though. I've found my cousin's killer." He adds. "It was a raven." He says the Raven with disgust.

"So you killed the Raven?"

He smiles. ...