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."

was stunned. "What

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

don't get to decide that for

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

that supposed to

the South family home. Do you know

"No," Keira said flatly.

voice grew heavier. "Because that house isn't

frown deepened. "What

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 next heir. Otherwise, that

me. I need to go back

know," Matthew said

I'm telling 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 and

people in that family who know I'm my mom's daughter. Even if something

secret, known only to Keera's adoptive mother, the very person who had orchestrated this arrangement. No one else in the family had any clue about

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

knew Keira too

it were only about her own safety, she

he brought her mom into

and Jenkins's stories, Keira wasn't buying his

long pause,

"I do."

now. "Even if it means you might not

"Yes."

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