We slipped into the hallway easily enough. The lights were off, so we stuck to the shadows. We didn't go far when we started to hear raised voices.

"I want to know if Piper was telling the truth." It was Jane.

"You cannot mean to trust her more than me," that was Hawk. His cold voice sent shivers running up and down my spine.

"I do not," Jane countered. "That's why I'm asking you. Are you only using me to gain more power?"

Hawk was quiet for a long moment.

Joyce and I inched closer to the open doorway their voices were coming from.

"Careful," Joyce whispered, as we drew close.

I inched toward the door, but was careful to stay hidden in the shadows. Leaning over slightly, I peeked into the room.

A fire burned in the fireplace, casting eerie dancing lights in a library. Hawk was facing the fireplace, his arms crossed over his chest. Jane was standing behind him, arms outstretched.

aren't answering me!" Jane

do not speak to anyone who

with all of that," Jane said. "You should be

voice icy cold. He swiveled on his

stumbled

so," Hawk's voice dropped lower, now barely

North!" Jane said,

Hawk narrowed her eyes.

who is nothing without me," Jane said. "When I am Queen, I could snap my fingers and have your head lopped off. It is only by my good nature that

was still my sister. And she could not see how she was prodding a

not a queen yet," Hawk

be. And you would

lifted face kept her gaze upright and away from where Hawk's hands

wish me to

demand it,"

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