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“You should start acting like you don’t then”

Erin snorted and shook her head “You’ve always been this way, Pen You hate your circu them, you complain”

“Kaspar’s keeping me as a prisoner until I marry him Explain to me what I’m supposed to do”

“So I don’t care You were useful to me, and now you’re not What else can I say?”

“You’re my sister I want to come home”

But Erin didn’t react She only flattened her lips and leaned back, preparing to stand Appealing to her sense of faet me anywhere—apparently, she had none I doubted she cared much about ic would sway her

Except I had none of that Only e to spill over I reirl for no other reason than to see how I’d react I reood and drunk, telling Mother on hts, over and over again, for years and years, and it wasn’t until right now that I truly accepted that Erin didn’t loveremotely like that

She stood up

“Good luck with Kaspar If it ood match You could do much worse”

“You marry him then”

“That wouldn’t get me anywhere”

“Do you really think Darren’s going to let you get aith this? He’s already trying to get me back”

“And he’ll keep failing, because I’ll make sure to tip off Kaspar before his men can arrive There have been more than a few attempts that you’re not even aware of”

I felt the ground open up and shole Darren would never rescue htmare

“It still doesn’t help you Chika ht be on your side, but she’s only one person”

Erin’s laugh was light “Goodbye, Penny Good luck” She walked back toward the SUV, shaking her head

I let her go It wouldn’t help, trying to convince her to give a dao that I was another toy for her to play with then break at her leisure, and she ain I didn’t knohy I thought I could reach her

Kaspar returned and sat down next to h touched mine

“Did you work things out?”

“All I’ve worked out is that she’s a psychopath Why are you dealing with her?”

“Maybe psychopaths are attracted to each other” He sotto me now”

“Then why this stupidher here?”