Leah folded he hands across her breast, as she walked up to Scarlett and said, "Ten minutes have passed since the scheduled time for your return to the quarantine. Have you thought of a reason for that?" She raised an eyebrow to inquire. Scarlett saw that the best way to respond to her was to be silent, but Leah was always thirsty for an answer; without it, she would thirst to death and would stop at nothing to obtain it, even if it meant being wicked to her.

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