"Liliana!" I looked up to see Adriana walking toward me. I'd still been sitting down in the trees behind the school, gripping my head in my hands, trying, desperately, to think of something I could do.
I stood up and tried to smile at her. "Hey Adri." She scowled at me. "Liliana, I know you're only used to keeping stuff from me, but you've got to understand, the Adriana you're talking to now has lived three lifetimes and remembers them all. You can't keep secrets from me anymore." She looked strong, and stubborn, as always, but now I could see the woman that had once been Queen.
So I took a deep breath. "Caleb is going to try to kill you." Adriana made a face that was similar to a child's face the first time they taste broccoli.
"What?"
She took a step back. "Look, I don't know what Kris did, but he somehow made Caleb so mad he wants to kill you, and he's going to try to today."
"No." Adriana shook her head and took a step back.
"Wait, Adri, let me-"
"No! Caleb wouldn't do that!" She stumbled back another couple steps.
"Adri, I saw it! But-"
"No! No!!" And she turned tail and fled.
"No! Adri!" But she was gone.
