Chapter Thirty Nine
The next morning the rain had stopped but the sky stayed the color of an old silver coin. The house was completely quiet because Alexander had left for the office before the birds were awake. His father had gone with him to the city to look at some new land they wanted to buy. Chase had been taken away to his school in a black car with two guards. I was left alone in the mansion with the white-haired queen.
I sat in the small breakfast room and watched the steam rise from my tea. I did not want to eat. My stomach felt like it was full of sharp stones.
The door opened and Alexander’s mother walked in. She was wearing a dress of dark purple silk that made a soft hissing sound against the floor. She did not have her fur coat on today but she still looked like she was co
