"Did you return the book?”
I looked towards Astrid from the book I was reading, “Yes," I gave a curt reply.
“Take this, you might need it for tomorrow,” she held the compass she was using when we went to the dark forest in her hand.
I took it from her, “Still not talking to Lucius?”
She sat down on the couch and stared at the window inhaling a deep breath, “It is not easy.”
“You can’t let something like this ruin what you have, he didn’t tell you the truth but maybe he had a reason.”
She gave a humorless laugh, “That is the problem, Samara. I was with him no matter what, I trusted him more than anyone, I did not question his decision when he wanted to help two strangers. I deserved the complete truth, not some incomplete pretty lies.”
I stared at the compass in my hand, “Everyone de
