“Tell me your secret.” Her eyes fill with tears, and her entire body shakes. “I can’t. I’ll be killed if anyone finds out.” Now we’re getting somewhere. I fight the surge of triumph I feel, because it’s paired with the despairing realization that Gwenna has lied to me all along. “Finds out what?” She closes her eyes, and then opens them again, resolve on her face. “That…I’m a mancer.”
