Big games

Racheal had no idea why Steffan respected her decision not to talk about why she had reacted so strongly to what he had just told her.

Maybe it was because he saw how distressed she was,

or because after listening to her talk about her previous interactions with the Dallozs, he had an idea why the news affected her so much,

or still because she finally promised she would get the key for him.

But he did not ask her any further questions.

He simply led her to bed, and tucked her in.

She listened to him get under the shower, and the sound of water hitting the floor before she stood up and pulled her phone from the nightstand.

She scrolled to the message Chloe had sent her and stared at it.

She had to go speak to this man, before he turned up dead again.

She thought about all Madame Dalloz had told her, all the lies, half-truths, and pieces of information she did not know how best to classify.

She had heard that Spencer Sherrod bombed the camp from one person only. Madame Dalloz.