Tiara leaped up and out of the tar pit and Violet held her breath, waiting to see if whoever was approaching had caught Tiara. Their footsteps didn't falter, and Violet didn't hear any voices. She stared up at the top of the pit, waiting to see who would appear. She hoped it was not that bleeding guard.
But it was not the guard.
It was Violet's father.
"Violet?" he asked. There was a tremble in his voice that Violet was fairly certain was suppressed laughter. "Hold on a second. I will get you out of there."
His face vanished, and Violet was left alone with just a square of sky visible above. If her father was there, that meant he was not at the lighthouse. This raised the odds of Sara being a double-crosser high. This meant that Ryan and Blake were walking into a trap, and they were
