Adelle stood frozen, trembling all over.

How did Dan know about what happened with Mervin Burton? She'd always been so careful-how could Dan have found out?

He...

She watched Dan's back as he headed up the stairs. He didn't even pause or look

her way.

As he walked, Dan called out, "Mervin Burton is an outsider too, isn't he?"

"So it's fine for you to bring in outside help to give your Finch the upper hand, but when it comes to me, suddenly everything has to be handled 'in the family'? Since when is that fair?"

In the name of "handling things in the family"-now she wanted to close the doors? How convenient.

But back when she was the one opening the doors and inviting outsiders in, did she ever think about what kind of disaster it could bring down on Black Gate?

Adelle felt like her chest was caving in. "Is that why you brought Lacey back?" Lacey...

had been haunted by her-by the fear that, even if Lacey wasn't in Litamark, she'd come back

years too... She'd wanted

she sent out, no one ever

why-until now. Thinking back, it had to


was probably impossible to keep secrets from him. Realizing just how deep his scheming went, Adelle's chest felt even

over his

Dan's gaze-one that reminded her

her

he asked suddenly, "You and

Adelle said nothing.

a landslide. He got

that day, Adelle's fists clenched. "What are you getting

far as I know, you spent a month in the hospital afterward. Broken

Adelle stayed silent.

"So if you had a fracture, how did you manage to carry Derek

Derek.

Dan called the


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