"And we need to figure out why Mom didn't warn us about Eleanor," Helena added. "When you visited her, Luna, did she seem scared? Threatened?"

Luna thought back to that emotional reunion. "She seemed... happy but overwhelmed. The nurse said she'd just woken up, that she was still disoriented. She asked for both me and Grace, wanted to see us together." Luna's eyes widened. "She never mentioned Eleanor at all. Not once."

"Maybe she was afraid someone was listening," Grace suggested. "If ...