Twisted Circles (Secret Society Book 2) by Claire Contreras

Author:Claire Contreras [Contreras, Claire]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780998345598
Published: 2020-07-12T16:00:00+00:00

“At a party.”

“A party.” Karen scoffed. “Of course you were.”

“A school function,” I said. “Not a fun, college party. Either way, I don’t have any recollection of it, or Saturday. I woke up on Sunday at The Institute, in a bed, and got picked up by the cops. That was where I learned of Stella’s existence.” I paused for Karen. “My sister. The one who came here.”

“So it’s true.”

“Either that or I was cloned, but I don’t think anyone has the resources to do that yet.” I looked at Adam, who shrugged.

“You woke up at The Institute. How perfect. What did your perfect little doctor say about that?”

“Nothing.” I bit my lip and chanced another glance at Adam, who was looking at me.

“Eva thinks Deborah is the most perfect person on the planet and Deborah eats it all up.” Karen scowled. “For years she’s tried to pit her against me and for years she’s won.”

“That’s not true.”

“It is true. You were just too caught up in her web to see it clearly. Do you think you could really get into Ellis without her backing?” Karen scoffed. “Please.”

“I’ve had a 4.0 GPA since the ninth grade, Karen. Yes, she wrote a letter of recommendation, but I made it there on my own.”

“At what cost?”

I shook my head and bit my lip harder, refusing to answer, refusing to look at Adam or Karen. Instead, I stared into my tea.

“At what cost, Eva? You don’t want to say it in front of your boyfriend? Does it embarrass you? It should.”

“At no cost,” I whispered.

“No cost? You left your job at the parish school. A damn good job that you were damn good at. You isolated yourself from your friends. You don’t answer the phone when I call. This girl, your sister, was talking about some cult you joined.”

“She told you about that?” I met her eyes then. “What did she say?”

“Something about you needing to get out of there and her not being able to help you. I was waving a gun around at who I thought was my own daughter. I wasn’t really paying attention to details at that point.”

“Oh, God.” I put a hand on my stomach and looked at Adam. “Is there any way she copied the key? Copied the card? Is there any way she sent it to me so I could go in her place?”

“Didn’t you say her father made you go in her place?”

“To look for her because she was missing.”

“Eva, that makes no sense,” Adam said. “A man at a police station tells you to go to The Manor, in front of the police officer, to look for his missing daughter?”

“What are our taxpayer dollars going to?” Karen’s fist slammed on the table, rattling the cups. “This is what I don’t understand.”

“The nun said there was a sacrifice to be made.” I swallowed. “What if Stella is sacrificing me?”

“What sacrifice?” Adam frowned. “For The Swords?”

“I saw a nun today and she said, ‘It’s the thirtieth year and sacrifices come in threes,’” I said.

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