Millicent's POV

I got to the mansion and climbed the stairs to my room. Now that I was not in Christopher's embrace, I was feeling very fatigued. I recalled the discussion we had earlier about my parents death and I felt the rage rise in me again. I was sorry that my mates' parents had to be murdered brutally like Christopher had described but I was angry at the same time that my parents had been made the scape goat because I knew my father was not a traitor or a betrayer of trust.

Something was nagging at the back of my mind but was proving elusive. I recalled that...