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.

how shaken up I was. I’d been rattled since those flyers dropped

feel better if Veronica tells us Elva

quietly studies Elva from a distance halfway into the room. She watches only a few minutes before turning away and returning to

for now,” Veronica said, and I exhaled the breath I hadn’t realized I’d been holding.

far as I can, but it will continue to

His face was grim. He’d agreed to end Jane’s life if it came down to it. I hated having to make him

wasn’t my sister anymore, I reasoned. She was a monster who wanted to kill a

Her own child.

trap Jane, then,”

dormant, the curse would eventually kill Elva. I couldn’t

in an effort to wreak havoc,” I said. “That might be the

He couldn’t

argue.

+15 BONUS

this

“Nick…”

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