Chapter 0227

I nodded, just as Elva returned with her third doll.

Nicholas stayed to play until late in the morning, when his duties finally pulled him away. He hugged Elva

extra tightly before he left. He squeezed me too, though I pretended not to notice.

After lunch, Tiffany stopped me just outside in the hallway. She pulled me to the side so that we could

speak privately for a minute.

“What did you want to talk about?” I asked when we were far enough away from the door that the other

girls couldn’t overhear.

“Listen, Piper, Veronica and I have been noticing some strange behavior from you lately. It’s kind of

freaking everyone out.”

She seemed earnestly concerned, her brow bunched up.

of things too, but this didn’t feel like that. Lilliana was a master manipulator.

known Tiffany to speak

talking about,” I said. I placed my hand on my heart, hoping she could see the sincerity I was

noticed you walking around alone in odd

and

in the night, though usually I had Nicholas or Julian on my arm. It could even be said that I had been in odd

been my sister Jane. But I couldn’t just.tell that to Tiffany without exposing that I had

“I swear that w

I said. “Maybe there’s someone who looks like me and

could tell that she didn’t fully believe me. I couldn’t exactly blame her since I wasn’t telling the full truth

if this isn’t you, and just someone who looks like you, why haven’t we seen her around during the day? Like, surely if you had a twin somewhere around, someone would have

but only because I was holding every

me. “Because Lilliana has talked to the guards and they’re all starting

before it’s

every intention of clearing it up, though not necessarily in the way she

to track down my sister and find out just what

her stop before she hurt someone or

close to Elva still gave me shudders. She could have done

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