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.

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

answering me!"

to anyone who

Jane said. "You should be

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

stumbled back

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

am a princess of the North!" Jane said, recovering her nerves and her indignation

Hawk narrowed her eyes.

me," Jane 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 be

my sister. And she could not see how she was prodding a shark

not a queen yet," Hawk

lifted her chin. "I might as well be. And you would do well to bow while I am still feeling

gaze upright and away from where Hawk's

to

it," Jane

in 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 on

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