“Kai, you’ve been lying to me about some things and hiding others. I know it, and you know it.” She wished that she could run her hands through her hair in the way that he was doing now, but she was the older Librarian, and he was her apprentice, and she couldn’t afford to show weakness. She had to be in control. She liked him, and she didn’t actually like many people, and she didn’t want to accuse him. She didn’t want to . . . drive him away. “Do you want to talk about it?” He drew himself up and stood in front of her, suddenly appearing very tall and yet somehow fragile. “I can’t,” he said.
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