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I hold her accountable.”

The timbre of his voice was deceptively gentle, yet it sent shivers racing down one’s spine.

“Mr. Curtis, I implore your understanding. My daughter, in truth, conveyed to me the circumstances. Extend your trust to us. Even in her peril at the hands of abductors, she preserved your secret. It’s an unfortunate misunderstanding.”

“Merely a misunderstanding? Mr. Smith, are you shielding her?”

Harlan shifted his posture, his demeanor stern, as his eyes locked onto Holden’s.

A N G E L A ‘s L I B R A R Y

“Her confession holds truth, and we place our faith in her veracity.

and her commitment to shielding your friend from harm even when she teetered on the precipice of violation. The bodyguards dispatched under my

Otherwise, unspeakable horrors awaited.”

explanation might sway Harlan, the situation’s gravity warranted

aimed the firearm at a servant,

her? Very well, I shall end this servant’s existence as a

servant quivered, collapsing to her

Miss Smith

his finger from the trigger.

his gaze a

Mavis’ revelations today filled me with ire. My leniency toward her led to this calamitous affront. I had not fathomed her audacity in crossing you. Overwhelmed by vexation, I disciplined her rashness, administering a punishment previously unexperienced. Twenty lashes, an act committed in anger, incited her to pen a missive of severance, forsaking the Smith lineage

form before she retreated to the adjacent sofa, her

lashed her so brutally that you brought her to the brink of