Chapter 0342

Later, in the safety of my room, I asked Mark to summon Nicholas. Yet, just as he arrived, Veronica arrived too. I wasn’t unhappy to see her, exactly, but there were things I had hoped to speak with Nicholas about that I hadn’t wanted others to overhear.

When I heard Veronica’s reasons for visiting however, I quickly decided that what I wanted to

talk to Nicholas about could wait.

“I want to check on Elva,” Veronica said.

“She’s playing,” I said, and motioned where Elva played dolls with Charlotte and the nanny.

“I don’t need to interfere. I can observe from a distance.”

I waved her forward, and she moved closer to Elva and the rest. Nicholas stepped into the

room behind her.

been rattled since those flyers dropped on Julian and I. But I couldn’t

Veronica

Veronica quietly studies Elva from a distance halfway into the room. She

I exhaled the breath I hadn’t realized I’d been holding. “But…” she

threat,” Veronica said. “I’ve pushed it down as far as I can, but it will continue to eat away at her immune system until the curse wield is either

wouldn’t remove the curse willingly. I sideways glanced at Nicholas. His face was grim. He’d agreed to end Jane’s life if it came down to it. I hated having to make him do that, just as I hated

she wasn’t my sister anymore, I reasoned. She was a monster

Her own child.

us to trap Jane, then,” Nicholas said. “The sooner

agreed. Even dormant, the curse would eventually kill

to wreak havoc,” I said. “That might be the best place to lure

arms over his chest. He couldn’t make

argue.

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will sit this event

“Nick…”

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