Chapter 0347

But first, I had to make her safe.

That evening, I joined Veronica, Nicholas, and Julian in Julian’s private rooms, where we continued to talk about how to trap Jane.

“I’ve been thinking,” Veronica said. “It is possible, if you want, to fight fire with fire,”

“I like fire,” Julian sald.

I ignored him. “What do you mean, Veronica?”

“We could curse her, as she cursed Elva,” she said.

I blinked, startled. “You know how to do that?”

“I’ve never done it before, but I was trained,” Veronica said. There was no infliction in her voice, but she did lower her gaze as she spoke, looking down at the floor. “I’m confident I could curse her well enough for our purposes.”

Julian looked at me. Beside me, Nicholas crossed his arms. I leaned into him a little,

something to consider, anyway,” Julian said, “She started it. Why shouldn’t we use her tactics against

back yet. Jane was more monster than

She stood very still,

against doing what is necessary. In fact, I might enjoy using their

cast her curse against Elva, Jane had to sacrifice something dear to her. Would whatever Veronica sacrificed be worth it

something too: our humanity. We’d become

it,” I said.

not?” Julian

leaving the choice to me. Maybe he’d go along with

in his closeness.

we will not become like her just to catch

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she feel, when she grows up and learns the truth? To learn what we did to her mother?”

understand,” Julian said.

it was a gamble I wasn’t

“But we do not curse her. Piper’s right. We are not going to

Julian snorted.

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