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making. That
    has been the case since the
    Laurents have been in power.”
    Georgina held her chin up.
    Violet seemed pensive. “I like
    you better than your predecessors.”
    “My dad?” Levi asked.
    “No, the family before.”
    “You were really around for
    that?” Georgina seemed to be
    looking at Violet with new eyes.
    “Yes. We live long lives.” Violet’s
    face fell into a wistful expression.
    “There are good parts and bad
    parts about that gift.”
    I thought about what Myrtle had
    said. How Violet had searched for
    the guy and then disappeared. How
    did that all tie in? I sensed there
    was a significance we needed to
    understand.
    “But you call it a gift, so that
    already speaks for a lot.” Georgina
    walked toward a sitting room and
    set down her purse. The rest of us
    followed.
    “It is a gift, but even the best
    gifts come with strings.”
    “You were in love.” Georgina
    reached out and touched Violet’s
    hand. “That’s why you understand
    Daisy.” Georgina turned to me.
    “Absent of true feeling or not, this
    one still has a heart.”
    “Then Daisy might too. Even if
    we fail…” Levi started.
    Violet shook her head. “It’s not
    the same. She won’t be able to give
    him what he needs, and he what
    she needs. It would never be love.
    And it would take her years to even
    remember why she cared so much.”
    Georgina took Violet’s hands in
    hers. “I’m sure he was a good
    man.”
    Levi and I exchanged looks.
    Georgina had softened over the
    past few years, but this was
    extreme for her. This had to tie into
    Myrtle’s story.
    “I barely remember why I loved
    him, but I know I did.”
    “How old are you?” Levi asked.
    “Leviathan Laurent.” Georgina
    scowled. “You were raised better
    than to ever ask a woman her age.”
    “I don’t think that rule applies
    for an Allure.”
    “I’m old. Older than anyone
    you’ve ever met.”
    “Older than me.” Hugh laughed.
    “Age stops having meaning after
    a while.” She turned to me.
    “Everything does.”
    “Mayanne is going to find a way
    to delay the change.”
    “She will. We discussed it before
    you arrived.” Violet spoke calmly.
    “What? What did you discuss?” I
    needed to know everything.
    Violet sighed. “Calm down. If
    you want to help Daisy, you are
    going to have to learn to trust me.”
    “How can I trust someone who
    doesn’t feel?”
    “Don’t let Daisy hear that,”
    Hugh took a seat on a couch. “She’s
    already starting to change. My
    guess is that would insult her.”
    “Everything will insult her right
    now.” I slumped down in a chair. “I
    don’t know what to do. I just wish I
    could make it all go away.”
    “There will be nothing ‘just’
    about it. Even if Mayanne is
    successful in delaying the change,
    it’s still going to be a difficult
    journey.”
    “Journey? What is with all this
    journey talk?” I needed to know
    more.
    “You don’t know yet?” Violet
    turned to Georgina. “You feel
    confident, determined. I assumed
    that meant you knew.”
    “I know the place isn’t of this
    world.” Georgina took a seat on a
    chair across from me.
    “No. It’s not.”
    “Where is Energo?” Levi asked.
    “Be frank with me.”
    “Your matriarch is correct. It’s of
    another world, but it’s not Energo
    you need to find.”
    “Then what is?” I was tired of
    the games, the never ending
    circles.
    “It’s Mount Majest. The palace
    at the top of the highest mountain
    in all of the worlds. You can only
    get there through Energo though.”
    “I take it you know where to
    go?” Levi asked.
    “Absolutely.”
    “Tell us.” I didn’t bother with
    being polite. They’d worn out any
    politeness I had in me.
    “No.” She shook her head.
    “Tell us.” I repeated.
    She shook her head. “No. I will
    show you though.”
    “No. You are not coming.” I
    didn’t trust the Allures. They had
    too many of their own motives, and
    we knew almost nothing about
    them.
    “The