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."

stunned. "What

evenly. "You're not ready to go to

"Matthew, you don't get to decide that for

of the line. "You're right, I don't. But I

"What's that supposed to

has never set foot in the South

"No," Keira said flatly.

"Because that

"What

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

breath. "That doesn't matter to me. I need

know," Matthew said

enter that house, you won't be allowed to leave? And you will leave. I know you, Keira. You'll slip out, and

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

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

Jodie would be dragged into

knew Keira too

her own

only when he brought her mom into the picture that she'd

for him, thanks to Erin and Jenkins's stories, Keira wasn't

expect this. After a long pause, he asked, "Do you have

"I do."

quieter now. "Even if it means you might not come

"Yes."

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