"Helena paused. "Lucy?" "Yes?" She ran a hand over my hair and kissed my cheek, just like she kissed Solange's cheek when Solange was little. "We love you very much. But your mother and I will both lock you in a basement for the rest of your life if you try to follow us." She speared Kieran with the kind of look that made us all squirm even though it wasn't even aimed at us. "We're trusting you to take her back to school where it's safe." He nodded. "Yes, ma'am." "Kiss-ass," I muttered. "Hell, yeah," he muttered back. "Like you're any braver."