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secret affects him as well. I should be more understanding, but the hollow pain inside me won’t let me feel anything.
    “Did you ever stop to think that trusting me might’ve turned out a lot better than hiding the truth?” I ask, my voice shaking.
    “I do believe in you. I explained my actions once before,” he reminds me.
    “Yeah, and you left out the part where Mother turned away from the silver light,” I say sharply. He flinches. My statement hits him harder than I thought it would. “Do you even know who she really was?”
    He hesitates a long moment before speaking. “I know she was a kind and fair person—a beautiful soul like our son, but rebellious to a fault…like our daughter. I didn’t save Helena, CC. I couldn’t. But I can protect our children. You don’t have to always understand the way I choose to do so.”
    I scoff. “Now, there’s the Father I remember so well. I figured he’d return soon enough.”
    The doorbell saves me from whatever thought simmers behind the hard look inside Father’s eyes. He stands and heads toward it. Nina bounds through the door, stopping to greet Father in the foyer.
    Automatically, my muscles tense up. Yet another person arrives on the scene to remind me of just how strange my life has become. This makes the first time I’ve seen her since I left the safe house three months ago.
    Father leads her into our living room.
    “Chela, how nice to see you again.” Her eyes briefly meet mine just before she takes a seat across from me.
    “Governor Winthrope.” I use her official title because that’s the way I see her. I don’t want to lie or try to act nice.
    It’s not good to see Nina. I don’t trust her, and she knows it. She’s the one who ordered the Beast to be killed by the champion. The creature that’s just as much a part of me as my twin brother. How can that be possible? Because Faris and the Beast are the same, and everyone thinks I killed it.
    I’ll never tell them any different. Part of me knows that Nina discovered Faris’s secret. What I don’t understand is why she pretends as though she knows nothing about it.
    “Have some calming ale,” Father says as he pours himself a glass.
    Nina holds up a hand. She wears a dark gray blazer over black slacks. A blood red shirt highlights her auburn hair. “I’m afraid I can’t stay long. This visit isn’t a happy one, Dr. Prizeon.”
    Father sits down and places his glass on the table beside him. She has my full attention now, too.
    Sighing deeply, she locks her gaze on Father and says, “Rebel Outcast activity has increased. What happened a few months ago only fueled their anger. They’re using angel-blood as a drug. Taken in large doses the blood gives them superhuman strength. The Tainted supplied many of the people living outside this city with food and medical supplies in exchange for their loyalty. With Camden Atrauser’s death, we have now cut all of that assistance off. People living outside the Boroughs are angry. A civil war is almost certain to happen.” Nina’s words floor me. This news is what we’ve all been most afraid to hear.
    What does it mean? Will Faris make it back home before a war breaks out? A chill rushes through me.
    “Atrauser’s body was never found, James.” She glances at me before she continues. “There is also talk among the people living outside the city. They’re saying the Beast still lives. In fact, the creature was spotted just outside of Borough #5.” Nina looks directly at me this time.
    I see the accusation in her eyes. She knows. I can tell. I inhale and hold the breath in. I can’t hide what I feel. Someone saw the Beast. Faris. Both of them are the same thing. The news both excites and scares me.
    Her next words cut to my core. “The creature must be stopped. It is a product of dark magic. Nothing more or less. Such a thing must not be allowed to live. No matter how much the thought bothers us. We must destroy the Tainted’s weapon for