Chapter 138

LUNETH "Aren't you going to get your call?" I look to Zayden, who had settled beside me. I had a hard time glueing my eyes to them as they played around and keeping up with whatever was going on on my phone, so I let it ring for as long as it could. "It's not important," I say, trying to dismiss it as nothing. "Everything these days has been unimportant with you and Dad, even when it is very serious." I remember that I had promised to tell him what was going on, but my only worry was if his little mind could carry it. "Is Maljore really that evil?" he asked, and my head whipped to him almost immediately. I open my mouth to say something that would make sense or even ask him the reason he knew this. Maybe I was the one who did not see him the right way; I was supposed to. Was it that obvious that we were fighting against her? Did he know of Rose, too? "How do I know?" He pulled the words tight out of his mouth, and I nodded in agreement. "You both aren't as discreet as you think you are