Chapter 96

Raven's words hit the room like something thrown through glass.

"It is Luna Celeste that is responsible for this."

Nobody moved for a full second and then I turned to look at her slowly, because I needed to see her face when I asked what came next.

Her chin was up and her eyes were dry now, all the earlier tears burned away by something that had clearly been sitting in her chest long before she said it out loud.

"That's a very serious thing to say," I told her, keeping my voice ...