ASHER
My father shook his head. "No, she didn't. Hannah wasn't poisoned. Those boys were obviously lying. They stole Hannah away, and the story of there being a poisoning is just a big cover-up. Soon my spies will return and I'm sure they'll bring reports of Hannah spotted in Icestone pack, alive and well." He slammed a fist into his palm. "And then when I have my confirmation, I'll deal with those bastards, teach them a lesson for double-crossing me."
"No," I said.
He looked up at me sharply. "No?"
"No, you've got it all wrong, Dad. It's not a plot by the Wallace's. Hannah was really poisoned. Julia confessed to doing it before I brought her here."
That seemed to give him pause. He turned to Julia again in surprise.
"She confessed?" he said.
"Yes. As much as it pains me to say t
