The Interrupted Truth

<<Katerina>>

After minutes of chatting with Beatrix and a few passing guests, my nerves twist tighter and tighter. Dorian still hasn’t come back. Even Beatrix—who normally knows everything before it happens—shrugs helplessly.

"He’s the host," she says. "He’s probably doing something CEO-ish."

But that doesn’t calm me. Not when Father told me to observe, and Dorian has been gone for too long.

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