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We headed in that direction, stopping at the entrance Sure enough, the VC was here They sat in winged back chairs in the center of the rooht, and I scowled Sitting on the stage, in a throne-like chair, was the only other person I hated--Holly She was dressed in a long eown Her auburn hair was pinned up in a French twist It looked like she was hosting soht She bea in the flicker of candlelight A black velvet curtain that hadn’t been there before hung behind her chair And that wasn’t the only unusual thing; it seeainst the wall, hands clasped in front of their bodies and their heads down I spotted Fiona, taking a step forward to rescue her Dorian gripped my ar Keep a level head"

I nodded, fistingintoonto our ar us further into the roo held captive, so I followed his lead and allowed the two uest of honor has arrived, and not athe chair, her legs crossed Her eyes blazed with her aet started?" She nodded to one of the rip and walked over to the wall He grabbed a nize as one of the witches’ I’d seen around Moon, stuether, his clothes torn and dirty Droplets of blood stained his shirt When he looked up, I could see ash ran from his eyebrow to the middle of his cheek as if a whip had sliced the flesh open, blood still trickling froh handled the man, Holly said, "Do you like the e with her until I absolutely had to I was struggling to fight off the effects of the music and keep a level head Both required too much of erous

"It’s so lovely and eable I was a bit surprised to see it didn’t consume you the way it did theainst the wall "Though you’re not completely immune to it, are you?" She studied my eyes, my lax stance and smiled Perhaps the NAWC wasn’t dirty after all They were just under a spell

The guard led theunnecessarily The uard wrapped a ain Once they were situated up top, the man stood behind the prisoner and waited for further instruction

Holly took a couple steps down so that she was standing directly in front of me Her head tilted to the side as she appraisedup its prey

"Do you knohat the ift is?" she asked me

"A life without psychopaths like you?"

"Ti to walk back up the steps She stood beside the throne, draping an arainst the clock to save your sister? Didn’t you pray for just oneof my sister," I said, "where is she?"

"She’s safe…for now Of course that depends on hoell you follow orders Ian?"

I looked to Dorian as he spoke "He’s safe…for now,"Holly’s words "Show us Rebekah, and we’ll see if he stays that way"

Holly saze back toDeath on your side put a chink in ue who dared to harainst the ultis have worked out much better than I expected"

"Spare us the dramatics," someone behind"Our tiet this over with"

"Vah you know all about that, don’t you, Gwen?"

I turnedat Holly for bringing Aiden into the conversation