Has she ever said that I mistreated her? She did nothing but defend you, but for God's sake—you took her hostage, we saw the wounds on her wrist and neck. But whose is it? Mine, of course. A milk-white oval; the perfect features of a statue with dark unhuman eyes, all the more shocking when the expression came to life. She was possessed by an unreasoning terror that she would never see him again.
I don't blame you for sounding so bitter, he said quietly. Yet she had to see it through. Stay with me, Charli. While the others ran out into the hall and David began struggling with the cellar door, Karl stepped into the Crystal Ring.
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