The Burden of Silence

A thoughtful silence settled between them.

Lyra quietly turned Kaelen’s words over in her mind. The more she thought about it, the more she realized he was right.

When Bianca had walked into the dining hall the night before, she hadn’t looked frightened or anxious. If anything, she had looked like someone carrying a burden too heavy to bear.

She had looked… as though something inside her had sh