NovelsBestChapter 52 AURORA Do you believenow? I watched Dane take in the bleak reality of my childhood bedroom Bare and cold, it made the parts ofthat remembered the past want to break down.
Run away.
But I couldnt do that now.
I had a mission.
And I would never allow myself to be weak in front of Dane.
His jaw set.
Even the Reeds couldnt raise a child like this.
I walked over to him and faced him.
Walk over to the bed.
Theres a loose brick on the wall three up and two over from where the bed touches the corner.
If you move it, youll find a little space where I kept my treasures.
I tried to remember what Id had stored back there on the night they poisoned me, killed my wolf, and setup as bait for Dane.
A few quartz crystals, an acorn, maybe a few coins will be in there.
Dane gavean unreadable look, then stalked pastto the corner Id indicated.
There was a grinding sound as he pulled out the brick.
I watched him, staying far back in the door so he couldnt accuseof planting anything anywhere.
Chapter 52 2/5 His back went rigid .
When he pulled away, he hand a few small things in his hand He opened his palm.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtThree quartz crystals, an acorn, and a few coins sat in his hand.
Proof enough? I asked cooly.
Dane closed his fist around the treasures and squeezed He shoved them into his pocket and whispered, Fuck.
I dont know how I was expecting him to react, but that surprised me.
He sounded ... regretful? Even if I proved to him Id never been a liar, I didnt actually expect him to ever feel bad about what hed done, how hed treated me.
That just wasnt Dane .
But when he looked up at me, there was definitely regret on his face.
Aurora- There was a rumble, almost too low to hear.
Clouds of dust shook loose from the ceiling and drifted toward the ground.
Danes brows drew together, and he strode toward me.
We need to leave.
I turned to do exactly as hed said and walk out the door.
But when I tried ... I couldnt.
The door was closed Locked.
The fear Id been fighting off since we got into this house started to rise up in a drowning tide. Chapter 52 This was the place Id been trapped.
This was the place Id been abused.
3/5 This was the place where Id been convinced, more than once, I would never see the sun again .
Danc! But when I spun back to him, he was g gone.
The room was no longer empty, either.
No longer dusty and disused.
There were blankets on the cot.
A few books were stacked on the rickety table.
The tiny dresser in one corner wasnt broken, but whole, with a lamp on top.
It was the only light in the room.
It looked exactly like it had the last tId been here.
The night they gaveto Dane.
No! I turned toward the door and beat my fists against it.
But it was solid.
Locked.
Then shadows started seeping through it.
I stumbled back.
All of my growth and strength in the last few years were forgotten as the shadow formed into Esther and Waylon Reed.
The shadows looked exactly like them, but colorless and gray.
The shadow of Esther grinned at me.
Tonights the night.
Are you ready? Chapter 52 1 I started to answer, but a voice cutof Im ready, whispered another voice, 415 There was another shadow in this room.
On the bed.
One that looked just likeand spoke in my voice.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmYou remember what to do? Esther asked.
She was excited.
1 could tell from the way she stepped eagerly toward the studen version of myself and rubbed her hands in front of her. Its going to be very, very pleased.
But you must always remember who you serve.
The shadowbowed my head, as if in reverent prayer and whispered, Idon The shadow of Esther stepped forward once more .
She held up a vial in her hand.
Even as a shadow, the liquid in that vial swirled silvery.
And what will you do, girl? * The shadowlooked up.
She was younger than I was now, and she wore a simple dress.
She smirked.
There was no mistaking it.
The woman making that face was absolutely positively One hundred percent evil. I get him to leave his post.
I seduce him.
I bring him and Blue Ridge down.
And will you? No matter how long it takes? Esther asked.
The shadowput a hand over her heart.
No matter how long it takes.
No matter if it kills us both.
I will destroy Dane Montague.
I swear it on the Nameless.
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