Blackfeather Woods How home stays half the world away

astara trusted no one in this world -- perhaps not even averna -- so when damien stepped back and pleaded for trust, the nightcub's features darkened in a scowl.

all the same she would hear him out -- but that didn't mean for a moment that she trusted anybody. too many adults had let averna and astara down for astara to ever believe herself capable of trusting again.