She'd been going to brazen it out, but when Hecate knelt down and looked right at her, the lies dried up in her throat. Her eyes flicked to Kaden again and then away, and she'd blush if she had the blood available to go to her face.
"My lower back, and my belly... it's cramping real bad," she muttered, not really wanting Kaden to hear it all and figure it out. "I know what it is."