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!"

anyone who takes that tone with me,"

said. "You should be listening to me! I

icy cold.

surprise, she stumbled back a

do you understand? Nothing, unless I dictate it so," Hawk's voice dropped lower, now

Jane said, recovering

Hawk narrowed her eyes.

"When I am Queen, I could snap my fingers and have your head

for Jane. As far as she had drifted, she was still my sister. And she could not see

a

"I might as well be. And you would do well to bow while I am

as she was, Jane's lifted face kept her gaze upright and away

to bow," Hawk

it," Jane

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