It took every ounce of self-control that I possessed to make sure that I didn’t morph into a cloud of sheer panic. Perhaps it had been something that had been brought on by the trauma that shifting had caused for her. I didn’t want to jump to any conclusions just yet, but this changed a lot of things—it changed everything.
It meant that I wouldn’t just be able to go to Aurora and tell her everything that had happened. I wasn’t sure how I was going to get it right to tell her anything without having Hera present, but there was no question about it. It was something that needed to be done.
“We sailed here.”
I decided that it would be best for me to keep my statements as close to the truth as was possible. It meant that there would be much less chance to catch myself out in a lie at a l
