“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

I said. “And she…”

Maybe he didn’t want me to tell Nicholas the whole truth. Maybe he wanted

My secret–keeping from before had led to me losing my wolf, and while I didn’t regret doing what I did to save Elva and my sister, now I wondered how things might

thought of another option.

could have survived together these past three years.

But this was so much bigger than me now. Nicholas needed to know how deep my Sister’s involvement was

don’t know how. But I caw her, and I

be Iver own

it

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He held me, unwaveringly, like he wasn’t planning on letting go.

him for comfort, but I

“This is so dangerous, Piper. If this is real, your sister is likely

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

threat to me and Elva. “If she

around me waist as if on reflex.

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