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The Harcourts glared at me

"Who is this idiot?" Alyssa deranite But granite was also brittle Hit it the right way and it fractured I needed to hit it the right way

Like a wave A wave that battered the pier

I felt an urge to draithin the circle I had never seen that anywhere before But I needed it I needed the pattern The h me The white line stretched fro the inner boundary of the circle

Ella Harcourt gasped

Magic punched

"Where is Vincent?" the voice that ca

Liaht ainst his mental wall and cracked it

"A Treust and horror on her face "You brought a Tremaine here? Are you out of your mind? This is too much even for you!"

"Oh God" Alyssa clamped her hand over her mouth "Oh God"

Liam turned white

"I loveout too fast "He’s the only one I have Please, please don’t take him from us Please!" She spun around "Mom!"

"We’ll tell you whatever you want," Ella said "Just an turned toat ust, and utter desperation on their faces I was the monster in the room

"Abomination?" I asked "You forced hundreds of creatures frohter to protect your sick psychopath He let his su in Edward Sherwood’s stoed their mother, too scared to cry Your precious Vincent called me and promised to rand with you? Are you even huic Words careat effort "HouseHarcourtnoill willtoyourfamily"

Liam covered his face with his hands His shoulders treo"

Ella Harcourt took a step back "Please"

I pulleddeeply

They all crowded around hi to shield hian asked

"We don’t know," Ella said

"She’s telling the truth," I told hi from her What?"

Owen shook his head "We don’t know"

Daan said "Vincent isn’t one for elaborate sche his leash Soree with you," Owen said

"So you knoho that is?"

The patriarch of House Harcourt drew hiht in the chair "Do you think that if I had any idea where my son is or who he is with, I wouldn’t have taken steps? We don’t serve other Houses We stand on our own Do you think I would allow my heir to fall under the influence of another Prime?"

"Alexander Sturm," Liam said

Everyone looked at him

"He’s with Alexander Sturm Sturm has a collection of medieval swords He owns an Oakeshott XIIIa sword, a Grete War Sword It’s a precursor of a Scottish claymore The one Sturm has is supposed to be the true sword of William Wallace Vincent sent an swore