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I ledthe corridor outside until ell out of earshot
"What is it?" she asked
"About the final step," I said, bracing htly"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean that I have a way to ile Lilith’s existence is, even in her young forh to the end--and that is a possibility that we can’t afford to entertain The bond she had with Magnus… it has been enough to sustain her until now, but this ritual will put levels of stress on her that she has never had to bear before" I paused, studying"Isolde, I went against Lilith’s wishes"
"What?" she whispered
"I inus"
My aunt’s jaw dropped "What? How?"
"When we first came into contact with Lilith and I learned about her secret, I confronted her about Magnus I told her that we couldn’t afford for anything to happen to him Even as a vampire, he was and is not invulnerable I knew that we needed to keep hi could happen to him before ere ready to carry out the ritual But Lilith refused to even entertain estion She wouldn’t tellwould happen to hi him wasn’t necessary I tried to press at the time, tried to make her see reason, but she wouldn’t hear me out" I shot a look down the corridor to check that ere still alone "So I took matters into my own hands I tracked the vampire down and placed him somewhere… secure"
My aunt looked dumbstruck "All this time," she breathed, "you never told me Why?"
"I didn’t tell anybody," I said "Not even my sisters There was no point until ere ready to call upon hih on your shoulders already"
"But… We can’t just bring him in front of Lilith If she finds out about your deception, your disobedience, she will be furious God knohat shethe corridor, lowering my voice even more "She will thankMagnus present with her in the flesh willas it can possibly be"
"All this is just your speculation You have no idea how she will react"
I breathed out inus until the ritual has started Do you really think that she would interrupt it?"
Isolde still looked doubtful
"Look," I said "This is just a risk we have to take And I need you on ht Where have you kept the vampire?"