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

to you," he repeated evenly. "You're not ready to

don't get to decide

I don't. But I do get to decide for

that supposed to

foot in the South

"No," Keira said flatly.

grew heavier. "Because that house

"What does that

woman might very well expose your identity. The only reason she ever tolerated Keera was because the South family needed

took a deep breath. "That doesn't matter to me. I need to go back to find my

Matthew said

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 your mom will be

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 me, it

only to Keera's adoptive mother, the very person who had orchestrated this arrangement. No one else in

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

he knew Keira

only about her own safety,

when he brought her mom into the picture that

Erin and Jenkins's stories, Keira wasn't buying his excuses this time.

long pause, he

"I do."

"Even if it

"Yes."

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