Calculated Fragility

TORIN

I stepped into the chamber and closed the door behind me.

Vanya knelt beside the broken mirror with blood spread across the stone floor and the bedding. The sharp smell of blood reached me immediately, and her hands trembled as she held a shard.

"I am sorry, Maevia… I did not mean to… I am sorry…"

Her voice was unsteady and low.

"I should not have been there… I sh