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Past tense.”
    “Ten seconds later, Elisabeth’s phone rang. It was Lara, and she was screaming incoherently at Elisabeth. But Gia and I had already ripped the daggers from you, and we were scrambling to wash the wounds, but there was no silver, just the burns.”
    “No, Lara called later, after I pushed the silver out.” I glanced down at my leg. It throbbed. “I can hold that a while, but I need more food.” She fed me, but then said, “We’re out. I’ll get more.”
    “No, is there more to the story?”
    “Just a little. You told us you would tell the secrets, but then you were incoherent. Elisabeth calmed Lara down and told her you deserved the chance to see this through. Lara screamed at her, but she didn’t offer to ransom you. Elisabeth told her not to.”
    I smiled. They had let me have my honor.
    “You faded out after that, and you scared the crap out of us. We were begging you to heal and trying to feed you. Then you began to whimper and begged us to stop.”
    “I think I remember that. I offered to tell.”
    “Yes.”
    “I remember the rest, then.” I smiled. “But I lied.”
    “You did. But honey, it’s over. We accepted the ransom. It’s over.”
    “I kept my secrets.” I smiled.
    “You did,” she said. She pulled me into her arms. “And now you understand this tradition, don’t you?”
    “Yes. Angel, thank you.”
    She released me after a minute. “I’ll cut the tape now.”
    “No,” I said. “We have to fix the silver first. I’ll be easier to hold down this way.”
    “All right. I’ll go get everyone.”
    “Is there more food upstairs?”
    “Yes. We called Mom. You ate us out of house and home, Michaela. You ate a month’s worth of your normal food. She’s upstairs. I can smell fresh chicken.”
    “Did she see me?”
    “No. She couldn’t handle this.”
    “Angel, I should have soiled myself. Or did I get bathroom breaks, too?”
    “No, you didn’t. But we cleaned you up.”
    “Did I ruin the sofa?”
    “No. Ava asked a particularly disgusting question, and we realized the effects all the food and water would have. We managed it.”
    I laughed. “Thank you.” I sniffed. There was a faint odor.
    “Yeah, we did the best we could. I’ll get food and help. Are you going to be okay for a minute without me?”
    “Yes. Please hurry though. It hurts, and I can’t hold it too much longer.”
    She didn’t wait; she flew up the stairs screaming for Elisabeth. They passed on the stairs, Angel going up, Elisabeth coming down, Karen immediately behind her.
    “I’m fine,” I called out.
    Elisabeth didn’t bother going around the sofa, she jumped over it and spun to look at me, crouching down.
    “I’m fine,” I said again. “But we need to get the silver out.”
    “We did that,” Elisabeth said.
    “We got half. It’s going to take two or three more times to flush the rest.”
    “How are you doing this?” she asked me. “And I saw how much silver was in the last one. How can you do this?”
    “Elisabeth, have you seen how much silver I play with? You don’t think I haven’t made mistakes? Or tested what it does?”
    “You’ve intentionally silver poisoned yourself before?”
    “I wouldn’t say that. I have been splattered with molten silver a number of times. That hurts like a son of a bitch; I don’t recommend it. And it burns right into you, pure silver in liquid form. Gets pulled into our blood stream instantly. Pain in the ass.”
    Elisabeth shook her head while looking at me. Gia, Angel and Scarlett descended the stairs rapidly, and I looked over the couch, I saw they were laden with trays of food.
    “Give me!” I yelled. “Chicken! And I’m not sharing!”
    They shoved the food into me as fast as I could eat it, and once I was calm, I looked at Scarlett. “You. Come here and give me a hug.”
    She fell to her knees at my side, weeping, and I pulled her to me. “I hear you led a revolt. I’m so proud of you, Scarlett. I love you. Stop