“I told you not to,” Nicholas said. “I gave you reasons.

“You don’t understand,” I said.

“What is there to understand? You are endangering yourself

“Her sister is involved,” Julian cut in. He was coming closer to us.

Nicholas’s mouth snapped closed. He furrowed his brow like he didn’t know what to believe. “How do you know?”

I looked to Julian. “Show him what you showed me.”

Julian took out his phone, prepped the surveillance video again and turned the screen toward Nicholas. He watched the entire thing.

“So she bought fabric. What does this prove?” he asked.

“She was at the second ball. Julian matched a feather that I found from her dress to the feathers in the

Then he found this footage. That’s where he’s been the past few days,” I explained.

muscle ticked in Nicholas’s jaw. “She was at

said.

like a warning. Maybe he didn’t want me to tell Nicholas the whole truth. Maybe he wanted to keep things between

didn’t regret doing what I did to save Elva and my sister, now I wondered how things might have been different

he could have thought

could have survived together these past three

me now. Nicholas needed to know how deep my Sister’s involvement was so that he could protect

know how. But I caw

Could it be

wen it

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still around me. He held me, unwaveringly, like he

him for comfort, but I

sister is likely involved in some nefarious stuff. If you keep

save her. If she’s not…” It hurt me to even think of it, but I had

me and Elva. “If she

tightened around me waist as if on reflex. “That won’t happen.”

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