Madeline:
“I just had a thought. It’s not like you guys have to completely listen to me. I’m just gonna make a suggestion,” Yuvonne said as she shifted uncomfortably in her seat.
Everybody was watching her.
Everyone could tell she was getting a little uncomfortable, even before making the suggestion.
But whatever name she was about to say seemed to have been stuck in her mind, like she needed to get it out.
“Nobody’s gonna judge you.” Ron extended his hand and took hers, giving it a reassuring squeeze.
I noticed Daniel and Livia watching their brief, affectionate moment.
Then, almost unintentionally, the two looked at each other before quickly looking away.
Watching Ron and Yuvonne had somehow made them glance at each other.
“Graham,” Yuvonne said, and I felt the hair on the back of my neck stand up.
There was pure rage in her eyes, and I could understand why.
Even though she knew Lady Eugenia was the one who wanted her dead, after what Graham had done to her, she would have rather accepted death than gone through that.
I mean, he did kill her child.
“I am all for it,” Baxter commented, shrugging his shoulders. “But I wouldn’t want to give him that power,” he added.
“And besides, none of his loved ones are alive,” I said, reminding them that it needed to be done by a blood relative.
Yuvonne’s body suddenly slumped, her shoulders drooping.
“But he’s in prison,” Ron said to her.
She just nodded while rolling her eyes.
I could tell that both Yuvonne and Baxter disagreed with Graham’s punishment, and honestly, they weren’t wrong.
The world outside was so fucked up that the people in prison were living far better lives than those outside.
“We can do Elgin,” Ron suggested. “I mean, his mother is alive. She can feed him the poison,” he said, watching our faces while I shook my head.
“She needs to be fully aware of what she’s feeding him. You know that, right? And when he asks her what it is, she’s not supposed to lie.”
“Baxter, I think you should give it some thought first,” I said, not letting the others celebrate just yet. “You don’t have your memories, so I don’t know how you’ll react once you get them back. You might decide it’s too harsh a punishment.”
I said it even though I knew what he was suggesting was right.
I could tell my mother disagreed with me.
“Well, his mother is the one who transferred the curse to your father,” my mother commented somewhat harshly, almost as if reminding me that I wasn’t supposed to be siding with a woman like her.
“I understand, and I’m not saying you’re wrong, but first and foremost, that would give her a lot of power. She’s a toxic woman. She wouldn’t even restrict herself to a mountain top. You better believe that every time night falls, she’ll be out there somewhere, trying to expand her reach and terrify every single person she can,” I said more determinedly this time.
Tears started forming in my eyes as I remembered how terrified we had been of the monster in the beginning.
“And we definitely can’t kill the monster because that would mean—” Daniel said.
Baxter lowered his head.
“Well, that would have been a very easy way out, but I want to see my father. I think my father deserves to be human again,” I said, sniffling before I felt an arm wrap around my shoulders.
I turned toward Baxter and noticed he was smiling at me.
“Memory or no memory, I’m pretty sure this is the decision I’ll make. So let’s do it. Let me be the one to feed my mother that poison,” he said, his fist clenching.

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