Virtue reached out to take her hand. She took it, and he gently pulled her close beside him. “That’s right. And I’ll keep you safe. I promise.”
She believed him. She really, honestly did.
Turning her attention to her sister, she frowned. She had Virtue to keep her company and keep her safe. Vile was standing some ten feet away from Sasha, looking at her like a hungry animal. And Sasha had an expression on her face like she was doing her level best not to scream or cry. Or both.
“Well, Sasha darling? Where are we going next?”
“Please, no horror,” Sidney couldn’t help but whine as she said it. “I just—not after what we just put up with.”
“So no fairy tales either.” Sasha chuckled. “Because I don’t know if you’ve read the original ones, but, yikes.”
“Seriously?” Sidney blinked.
“Seriously. Go look up ‘Sleeping Beauty’ if you want to cringe.” Sasha chewed her lip as she thought. “Honestly,Draculais probably a safer story than anything out of the Brothers Grimm but, no, we won’t start there.”
“Damn.” Vile snapped his fingers.
After a long pause, Sasha smiled. “I’ve got one. Should be relatively safe. And it might give us some room to maybe come up with a unique story and win this stupid game.”
“I highly doubt that, but I can’t wait to see you try.” Vile strolled up to her, still with that rarely-faltering smile on his face. “Where are we headed, dear?”
When she said it, Vile’s instant laughter made Sidney wonder if they weren’t in for much more of a challenge than Sasha had bargained for.
“Sherlock Holmes.”
