"Are you kidding?" I asked, even though I knew she thought she had seen Dee3 die.
Meanwhile, Mandy and Janice glanced at me with a calmness that would have induced fear in the pre-awakening me. They did not know what I knew, so I shrugged off their glares and continued with my plan. I had to sacrifice a couple of hours of my precious time to get Matthews on board for this.
"No, I am not kidding. Dee3's body dissipated right before my eyes, leaving two mortal-tier curse cores behind. She is dead. What do I do?" Lyra frantically asked. She hadn't mourned enough for Dee3, yet her brain was already in crisis mode. The only person she trusted to help her get away with murder was her father, but she did not want to drag him into this. So, she had no choice but to turn to her baby bro.
