Chapter 20

• Claire:
• “I’m only saying,” I began, my voice calm and measured, “what no one else here seems to have the courage to say. That… girl… has no place here. We all know that she should not be here, and we all know that she's going to be nothing more than a distraction. Needless to say, she is going to ruin the order of things around.”
• One of the elders shifted in his seat. Another cleared his throat, eyes darting toward the door like he expected Liam to appear.