Page 23 of Fence

“Yes.”

“The girls, even.”

“Right. I’ve been thinking about that.” Our sisters. Sorcha, Kirstine. The thought of harm coming to them…

“Who would’ve done it?”

I shrugged. “Perhaps the same who’ve done whatever has been done now. It only took them several centuries to find the rest of us.”

“We still don’t know what’s been done.”

“No, but I think we can agree that something has happened. Something’s been done.”

He didn’t reply. He didn’t need to.

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