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Chapters (68)
  1. Biding Time
  2. Dedication
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Prologue
  5. Chapter One
  6. Chapter One
  7. Chapter Two
  8. Chapter Three
  9. Chapter Four
  10. Chapter Five
  11. Chapter Six
  12. Chapter Seven
  13. Chapter Eight
  14. Chapter Nine
  15. Chapter Ten
  16. Chapter Eleven
  17. Chapter Twelve
  18. Chapter Thirteen
  19. Chapter Fourteen
  20. Chapter Fifteen
  21. Chapter Sixteen
  22. Chapter Seventeen
  23. Chapter Eighteen
  24. Chapter Nineteen
  25. Chapter Twenty
  26. Chapter Twenty-One
  27. Chapter Twenty-Two
  28. Chapter Twenty-Three
  29. Chapter Twenty-Four
  30. Chapter Twenty-Five
  31. Chapter Twenty-Six
  32. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  33. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  34. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  35. Chapter Thirty
  36. Chapter Thirty-One
  37. Chapter Thirty-Two
  38. Chapter Thirty-Three
  39. Chapter Thirty-Four
  40. Chapter Thirty-Five
  41. Chapter Thirty-Six
  42. Chapter Thirty-Seven
  43. Chapter Thirty-Eight
  44. Chapter Thirty-Nine
  45. Chapter Forty
  46. Chapter Forty-One
  47. Chapter Forty-Two
  48. Chapter Forty-Three
  49. Chapter Forty-Four
  50. Chapter Forty-Five
  51. Chapter Forty-Six
  52. Chapter Forty-Seven
  53. Chapter Forty-Eight
  54. Chapter Forty-Nine
  55. Chapter Fifty
  56. Chapter Fifty-One
  57. Chapter Fifty-Two
  58. Chapter Fifty-Three
  59. Chapter Fifty-Four
  60. Chapter Fifty-Five
  61. Chapter Fifty-Six
  62. Acknowledgments
  63. Other Titles by Lyn Gardner
  64. Going on Red
  65. Choices
  66. Born Out of Wedlock
  67. Give Me A Reason
  68. Mistletoe

“I want to move up our time frame. Call it a test run,” Napoleon said through a sneer. “When Bennett finds out the people on that list have been murdered, she’s going to come after me with a vengeance. Seeing that she and Flanna have joined forces, I can’t imagine my dear sister won’t be by Archer’s side when she shows up here to take my head. When she does, you and I can take down two birds with one stone.” Napoleon began to titter. “And that’s why my plan is so scrumptious.”

“What about the council? I thought Archer was off-limits.”

“She is, and forcing me to sleep for a century is a small price to pay to see Archer’s head separated from her body. You see, my stupid twat of a sister showed her hand. The council doesn’t yet know she’s alive, so no one will be the wiser once those two cunts are out of the way. The council slaps me on the hand for killing Bennett and gives me a hundred years of sleep to think about my wrongdoings, and that gives you a hundred years to grow our army even larger. That way, when I wake up, you and I will take down every fucking original…and the world is ours.”

***

After standing in the bitter January night air for several more minutes, Bennett finally made her way back to the car, and when she shut the door, the vehicle rocked. Ruby steered the sedan back onto the road, and it wasn’t until she’d driven a few more miles that Bennett broke the silence.

“You spoke of your family’s murder, but you didn’t say how you got away,” Bennett said, her tone flat and cold. “How did you manage that, Ruby? How did you manage to survive when all the others were killed?”

“Stupid, stupid luck,” Ruby murmured. “It was almost dusk, and Margory and my sisters and I were just sitting in our carriage waiting for the sun to go down so Father and Charles could join us. All of a sudden, our coachman yelled to the horses, and a second later, we were thrown back in our seats. That carriage wasn’t a chariot, and it wasn’t meant to travel at that speed over a rutted road, and going around a turn, one of the wheels went off the path. The door to the carriage opened…and I fell out.