Chapter 0639

We slipped into the hallway easily enough. The lights were off, so we stuck to the shadows. We didn't go far when we started to hear raised voices.

"I want to know if Piper was telling the truth." It was Jane.

"You cannot mean to trust her more than me," that was Hawk. His cold voice sent shivers running up and down my spine.

"I do not," Jane countered. "That's why I'm asking you. Are you only using me to gain more power?"

Hawk was quiet for a long moment.

Joyce and I inched closer to the open doorway their voices were coming from.

"Careful," Joyce whispered, as we drew close.

I inched toward the door, but was careful to stay hidden in the shadows. Leaning over slightly, I peeked into the

room.

the fireplace, casting eerie dancing lights in a library. Hawk was facing the fireplace,

answering

anyone who takes

with all of that," Jane said. "You should be listening to me!

said, voice icy cold. He swiveled on his heel, suddenly facing

stumbled back a

do you understand? Nothing, unless I dictate it so," Hawk's voice dropped lower, now barely

North!" Jane said, recovering her nerves

Hawk narrowed her eyes.

said. "When I am Queen, I could snap my fingers and have your head lopped off. It is only by my good nature that you will

she had drifted, she was still my sister. And she could not see how she was prodding a shark

a queen yet," Hawk

"I might as well be. And you would do

Jane's lifted face kept her gaze upright and

wish me to bow," Hawk

it," Jane

a blur, he was suddenly on Jane, with his fingers curled around her throat, and with her falling down onto the ground. He crawled over her, sitting

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