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Connor also knew that it was a so the Hollow It helped confirm what I already knew "It’s supposed to be Heaven and Hell’s garbage disposal"

"Essentially But it’s not that anyo"

My breath caught "Seventeen years"

That hen Natalie and my father--and my mother--were sent into it

"Nobody knows you exist, Sahost standing right here in front of him "Nobody knows a child came out of that relationship, only a whole heap of trouble But you knohat? It explains a whole hell of a lot to me"

"They killed my mother because she loved hie I’d felt about this since first hearing the story "They killed her with a dagger like Bishop’s and tossed her into the Hollow like garbage My father followed because he loved her and couldn’t live without her--just like Roth nearly followed Cassandra if you all hadn’t stopped him"

His brows rose "That’s some fairy tale"

"Heaven was responsible formy mother All because she loved somebody she wasn’t supposed to" Tears streaked downthe balance?"

"Who told you this?" he asked softly

"What difference does itone, actually Because whoever told you this didn’t have their facts straight--or they were straight-up lying to you" There wasn’t an ounce of huardedwent down seventeen years ago I was part of that team, too"

I couldn’t breathe "You were?"

He nodded "Da at you, I should have known from the ot your coloring frouy Crazy as a loon, but good-looking"