Leap of Faith

Valerie’s POV

When Bryce and his family returned that evening, Nyssa must have told him that Mallory had stopped by to talk to me, because Bryce immediately came to talk to me.

“What did she say?” he asked, sitting on the side of my bed. I hadn’t been asleep, hadn’t been able to. He must have seen my light.

I couldn’t tell him the truth, not without putting him in danger. Once I was in safety, and