wine. Moonlight slipped through the glass r

ood marked the corner of his mouth. Beside him, a glass lay shattered, its

hand held the stem of the broken wine glass like it was a delicate

he approached. "What happened?" His voice wa

ips curving faintly. "He gra

a drop of blood onto t

ndra was just behind her, watching in silence. Selena's eyes da

between them both.

e was placing it into invisible hands. "I only

muttered, trying to

per. "I don't need to d

ser to her. "Go to

oken stem clink softly to the floor and walked pas

h looked down at Brian.

sk her about last night, Joseph. Ask her

jaw tight

mething under his breath that Selena didn't catch.

eph turn toward Selena. His face was still

d him," S

Joseph replied. "What ma

-

n the

between them was thick with unspoken thoughts

ng isn't enough. If I move too soon, I

gerous," S

eplied. "That's wh

ed. "What do

se of the stairs, "that it's easier to

ickered there, not just calculation, but concern.

-

that

nter garden. Anita's calm face, Brian's blood, Joseph's unsha

ck came at

Joseph's v

t sleeves rolled to his forearms. He looked less like the dista

th me,"

quiet hall to his study. H

" he

hair across from his des

onight was messy and she won't make that mistake again. Which me

mach tighten

the easiest wa

ad. "I'm not stayin

d, but something else. "I didn't say you

h caught.

e with me to the c

ed, then no

ment, then pushed away from

-

rn

for the low hum of the engine. Selena loo

out what Brian said?

stayed on the

nd

s playing a longer g

oward him. "Wha

wants control. Over me, over the estate, over everything George

d y

reak," he

-

ening, back a

ing a few things from the trip

you should see,"

e envelope. It had no name, no

as a pho

er. Asle

e. Like the photographer had

eat, even handwriti

eams, p

hands felt cold. She looked at

d it on the floor jus

orners of her room, to the s

was low. "Don't

y n

know you're onto them. And t