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...

woman. That name. For years, Adelle had been haunted by her-by the fear that, even if Lacey wasn't in Litamark, she'd come back one

these years too... She'd wanted to wipe

many people she sent out, no one ever

had to be Dan, pulling


his ambition. Whatever they did, it was probably impossible to keep secrets from him. Realizing just how deep his scheming went, Adelle's chest felt

and glanced over

and she saw a ruthless coldness in Dan's gaze-one that reminded her of how his mother had looked at her, the last time they saw each

felt her

asked suddenly, "You and Derek-you met on a trip,

Adelle said nothing.

He got knocked out by a falling rock, and you carried him

Adelle's fists clenched. "What are you getting

on, "As far as I know, you spent a month in the

Adelle stayed silent.

a fracture, how did you

Derek.

what Dan called the


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