Chapter Six
AFTER A GOOD NIGHT of crying, Reina felt better than she had since before she’d learned of Lex’s death. She wasn’t about to credit Stoan with the revelation or healing or whatever it was. He’d been a mere bystander in her epiphany. If anyone other than her deserved the credit, it was Haylio.
She’d nearly begun crying again late in the second act of the dancer’s show. Her brother had sprung into action, pretending that his old wounds were bothering him and asking her if she’d really mind if they headed back home early. Of course she hadn’t minded. And of course she’d known he was doing it to cover for her.
That was what big brothers did.
And for the first time in two months, she’d opened up to him about Lex while cuddling Flig close to her chest and discreetly wiping away he
