Chapter 127

Tasia opened her mouth to share everything that had happened with her father, then paused. There would be massive holes in her story, and he would see them immediately. No matter what happened next, she couldn’t reveal what she knew about the others, but needed to give him enough to validate her tale.

“I wasn’t there when it happened,” she said. “Esteban captured me and turned me over to a man named Deacon Osgrove.”

“The pastor?” Alexandros looked thoughtful for a moment. “What for?”

“I’m not entirely certain,” she said. She went on to describe Esteban’s strange behavior, and how she was turned over to Deacon to be given to a man called the Curator.

The moment she mentioned his name, her father paled.

“You are sure of this?” he whispered. “He used that name?”

Puzzled, Tasia nodded. “I learned this information later, but yes. I was rescued from Deacon by a woman in a similar situation. She helped keep me one step ahead of both the Order and the Cur