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She shakes her head “Last as the first I’d heard of any of this” I see her thinking, a light in her eyes “My aunt Penny ht know!”

“Let’s go” We’re on our feet, and I take her

hand, leading her through the woods in the direction of the mansion

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Questions

Mercy

Penny’s still in her room e arrive at thehall to where she hides ht It never occurred to me to ask why I’d always chalked it up to her personality

“Are you awake?” I call softly, tapping on the door as I enter

She’s curled at the head of her enormous bed An elaborate headboard of blonde wood and blood-red velvet serves as her pillow It ed around the space Beaded lalass chandeliers e, but Penny is older than my mother would be, which puts her nearly one hundred

“Mercy?” Her voice trembles, and her eyes fill onder as she sits up “He didn’t take you?”

“I told you he would honor Dylan’s arrange around the room, I take her hands in mine “Hayden’s not a monster He simply is what he is”

“So you do like him then?”

The question catches s for my nener “I don’t kno I feel about him now I never hated Hayden I hated the way he felt forced on uess all I feel now is desperate”

Shaking her head she looks down at her lap “Persephone hated him”

“That’s why I’ on her bedside, I catch her hands “I need you to tell me about how this started Who committed the crime? How did it happen exactly?”