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I stare at her. She can’t be serious.
‘No, really,’ Maela says. ‘We’ve had our differences—’
‘That’s one way to put it.’
‘But,’ she continues, ignoring me, ‘Enora was a good Spinster.’
‘Did Pryana tell you?’
Maela purses her lips. ‘Tell me what?’
‘About Enora.’
‘I was called as part of the emergency response.’
‘No, about Enora and Valery. In the hallway.’
‘No, she didn’t tell me, but there’s something you need to understand,’ she says. ‘If you think Pryana is a puppet of mine, you’re in for an unpleasant surprise. She is a force all her own.’
‘Which you created—’
‘Which I propelled,’ she corrects. ‘I won’t lie, Adelice. I wanted you to be enemies, but Pryana was never going to be your friend.’
‘I don’t know,’ I say. ‘We were hitting it off.’
‘Pryana would stab her own sister in the back if it suited her.’
‘She seemed pretty upset when you ripped her sister.’
‘Listen,’ Maela says, standing and staring down at me. ‘I’d watch who you tell about your own little sister. Pryana’s not the forgiving type. Believe me, I did you a favour.’
‘Feel free to keep your favours to yourself in the future,’ I say.
Maela tosses a bored expression my way and exits. There’s no way I’m about to believe her fake sympathy or her sudden interest in me. Since I’m going to be the next Creweler, she’s just doing some repair work on the damage she’s inflicted.
‘Done?’ Erik asks, poking his head through the doorway.
‘Do I get an escort again?’
‘Cormac wants assurance that you’re safe at all times.’
‘Oh good,’ I say with a sigh. ‘Will you be camping out on my floor?’
‘Outside your door, as a matter of fact.’
I screw my face up. I guess I won’t be sneaking out to investigate the clinic tonight.
‘Don’t look so annoyed,’ he says, taking my arm. ‘This way you get to wake up and go to sleep to me.’
Despite my resentment for how he acted after our kiss, I laugh. He’s just so self-assured.
‘Every girl’s dream,’ I say, tipping my head to the side.
‘I am sorry,’ he says through gritted teeth.
‘Sure. It’s nothing.’
‘I know what she did to you.’
