Auren POV

“And you thought the best solution was to make everyone believe I’d done it?” Lorien’s question was flat with disbelief.

Lucen’s shoulders shook. “He was starting to wake up,” he choked out. “I there was nothing else I could do. I grabbed dirt from where he’d been bleeding and ” His voice broke and tears cut clean tracks down his face. He stared at me like a man wishing to be struck down.

“What was left of her,” Lysandra spat, acid in her tone. The image ...