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CHAPTER THIRTY

He blinked, edging his gaze sideways. “Lied?”

“Yes. Which you already know. So I can’t imagine why you’re asking, but if you want me to tell you why I lied, it was because … because--“

“An explanation … “ His throat tightened. His chest too. Wasn't the drowning pool deep enough that he needed to pour more water in? Have her tell him what, and why? Why the hell was he even asking her? Because he felt bad about the havoc he’d wreaked with that curse? It was, wasn’t it? Last night was something he should have dug his grave with a soggy piece of paper rather than let happen. It was plain as that same paper she’d been on her merry way earlier to tittle-tattle to Lyon.