Keira hesitated briefly when she heard that. "The Guardian will deliver it?"

Her sister's Guardian was apparently Matthew.

But ever since she exposed his identity last time, the two of them hadn't really been in contact…

Keira tapped her chin thoughtfully and nodded.

Well, that worked out.

Matthew was definitely in the same boat as her—or at least he should be willing to help her, right?

"Have you all gotten your tickets yet?" she asked.

Erin immediately nodded. "I got mine ages ago! My Guardian sent it to me a month back!"

Jenkins chimed in as well. "I've been here in Crera for a while, but my Guardian sent mine too!"

Hearing this, Keira froze for a second before pulling out her phone and dialing Matthew.

The phone barely rang before he picked up.

His voice was calm, almost soothing. "Keira, what's wrong?"

Keira got straight to the point. "So, about the South family's ticket—when were you planning to give it to me?"

What she didn't expect was Matthew's blunt response: "I wasn't planning to give it to you."

"What did you just

it to you," he repeated evenly. "You're

tone sharpened. "Matthew, you don't get to decide

other end of the line. "You're right, I don't. But I do get to decide for Keera—I'm

frowned. "What's that supposed to

in the South family

"No," Keira said flatly.

voice grew heavier. "Because that house isn't

"What

mother doesn't like her. If you go back and they find out you're not her, that woman might very well expose your identity. The only reason she ever tolerated Keera was because the South family needed a daughter to serve as the

matter to me. I need to

know," Matthew

you that you can't go back. Do you realize that once you enter that house, you won't be allowed to leave? And you will leave. I know you, Keira. You'll slip out, and when they find out, both you

her voice cold. "There are probably only a handful of people in that family who know I'm my mom's daughter. Even if something happens to

fact that Keera was Jodie South's daughter was a tightly kept secret, known only to Keera's adoptive mother, the very person who had orchestrated this arrangement. No one else in the family had

angle—that if Keira got caught, Jodie would be dragged into it—to

knew

were only about her own safety, she wouldn't

her

and Jenkins's stories, Keira wasn't buying his excuses this time. She had her own

a long pause,

"I do."

voice was quieter now. "Even if

"Yes."

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