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.

dancing lights in a library. Hawk was facing the fireplace, his arms crossed over his chest. Jane

answering me!"

do not speak to anyone who

all of that," Jane said. "You should

voice icy cold.

she stumbled back

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

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

Hawk narrowed her eyes.

my fingers and have your head lopped off.

as she had drifted, she was still my sister. And

a

lifted her chin. "I might as well be. And you would

her gaze upright and away from where Hawk's hands were curling into

wish me to bow,"

demand it," Jane

three full seconds. Then, 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 her chest as he squeezed and squeezed. She clawed at his

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