“Of course I don’t want to see her hurt.” His voice turned stern. “But I’m not going to try to protect her by keeping secrets from her. Adara is no longer the child you remember. She’s been involved with this since the start, and she deserves to be here tonight just as much as the rest of us.” “I—” I stopped, the protest that had leaped to my lips dropping away. “Actually I have no response to that. You’re completely right.”
