I started to deny it quickly.
"I don't know what you're talking about," I said.
I had never lied in my entire life.
But I had to do it this time.
"You can't lie to me, girl." She said. "I can see through you. He wanted someone else, not you."
How had she known? How? No one knew, at least.
Or did someone already know and then tell her?
My head was racing.
"No one told me." She said it as if she were reading my mind. "I'm a seer."
I looked at her point-blank.
I had heard of wolves who could see into the future but assumed it was a myth. Or I could see someone and instantly know anything about them.
I dropped to my knees despite the burn in my thighs.
"Please don't tell him who I am," I begged at her feet. "He would kill them. Please. I will do anything you want."
The tears were flowing.
She drew me up to sit on the bed and gently lay my head against one of the standing pillows.
