Chapter 13

These were the three things we knew about Jade at the time.

Number 1. Jade is a liar.

Number 2. Jade is a scientist and the student body president. She was way up there in the social hierarchy. Occult or not, everybody loved her.

Number 3. Jade is madly, deeply, irrevocably... in love with Henry.

The first two, I agree. The third one I’ve yet to find out.

When I left the Science Center, I found Henry alone in the garden in a much better mood, but he looked like he was about to pass out from exhaustion, so I called the driver to pick us up and take us home. I never mentioned what I saw, and he never mentioned having company. Jade never texted me about Henry’s location either, but I gave her the benefit of the doubt and waited until midnight for her to contact me. It never happened.

Two days later, when the lockdown was finally lifted, Empress Camilla hosted a televised State Reception for me. She granted me Volfenheim citizenship and then introduced me to their people as Henry’s f