Violet’s face twisted into a mockery of a smile. “You really think he won’t let you go? He’s only using you, Linsy.”

Linsy didn’t respond. She didn’t need to. Some truths, like poison, only needed silence to be understood.

Linsy stood still, her eyes narrowing slightly as Violet Bento’s words echoed in her mind.

“Use her?”

The phrase lingered, a sharp, invasive thought that didn’t fit into the tidy mental space Linsy ...