I trust you not to tell him; but we know he will find out eventually. Charlotte meant to sound conciliatory, but the words came out abruptly. Ilona's eyes glittering with spite in the darkness. He did not so much catch her in his arms as stop her, holding her away from him.
Charlotte looked completely astonished. It simply seemed an extension of the blackness that was inside her and she gave herself up to it, almost pleading with it. The grip seemed to have immobilised her. All at once her foreboding became a fearful coldness.
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