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Lucy to the closet. Lucy opened the door and pulled out a large doll.
    â€œThis is Tyler,” she said proudly. She sat down and placed the doll in her lap.
    Savannah studied the strange doll. Its black hair was cropped short and was longer on one side than the other. Its clothes were a little too big. And its eyes. Its eyes were blue.
    â€œHe does look like Tyler,” Savannah told Lucy.
    â€œI made him,” Lucy explained. “I told Tyler I wanted a boy doll, but he always brought me girl dolls. So I cut off this doll’s hair. And one day when Mrs. Mooreland made blueberry cobbler, I stole some juice and painted the eyes blue.”
    â€œThat was very clever,” Savannah said, impressed by Lucy’s efforts.
    â€œAnd I snuck into the attic and found some of the clothes Tyler wore when he was tiny,” she said. Her eyes gleamed. “Don’t tell Tyler. He doesn’t like me sneaking though the house.”
    Savannah smiled. “Since you’re keeping my secret about the dress, it’s only fair that I keep your secret about the doll.”
    â€œI like sharing secrets,” Lucy whispered. “Someday I will tell you all the secrets.”
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    Secrets, Savannah thought as she left Lucy’s room and crossed the hall. When I was Lucy’s age, I lovedsecrets too. But I shared all my secrets with Victoria.
    She opened the door to her room and froze. Victoria stood beside her bed, slipping something beneath her pillow.
    â€œVictoria, what are you doing?” Savannah demanded.
    Victoria jumped away from the bed. “Nothing.”
    Savannah crossed the room in quick strides. She grabbed her pillow and lifted it.
    Tiny dots of blood stained the pillow. And in the center rested something wet and spongy. A tiny eyeball!
    â€œOh, Victoria, what have you done?” Savannah asked. She couldn’t tear her gaze from the dark brown eye.
    â€œIt’s a hawk’s eye,” Victoria explained. “It will protect you from the evil.”
    â€œI don’t need protection!” Savannah snapped. She snatched up the eye, shuddering as its coldness seeped into her palm.
    â€œNo!” Victoria cried.
    Savannah threw the eye into the fire. It hissed and sizzled. Good, Savannah thought.
    Savannah wiped her hand on the pillowcase. Then she pulled off the case and tossed it on the floor.
    â€œVictoria, you must stop this,” Savannah demanded. Then she looked closely at her sister for the first time since she entered the room.
    Savannah’s anger drained away. “Your hair,” she gasped. “Victoria, what happened to your hair?”
    A thick white streak ran through Victoria’s brown hair.
    Victoria sank onto the bed, pressing her hands against her face. “It’s the evil,” she murmured. “The evil in this house is powerful. It did this to me.”
    My poor sister, Savannah thought. She knelt in front of Victoria. “Some women get white hair at our age. Remember Mrs. Speergen?”
    â€œNo! It’s the evil. I felt its cold touch during the night.”
    â€œThe fire in your hearth must have gone out,” Savannah insisted. Everything has an explanation, Savannah thought. Everything.
    â€œAll this black doesn’t help either,” Savannah said. “That will be our first job—redecorating the whole house. We’ll start with your room. When we’re done, Blackrose Manor will be as cozy and warm as Whispering Oaks.”
    â€œNo!” Victoria stood and began pacing. “You don’t understand. If we stay here, one of us will die! Die, Savannah.”
    She is so frightened. She wants to leave so desperately, Savannah realized. What would she do to convince me to leave the manor? Would she destroy the dress Tyler gave me?
    Savannah rose and walked to her closet. She pulled out the ruined dress. “Victoria, did you do this?” she asked gently. “Did you hope