#Chapter 190: Nightmare

Fiona Alex became very quiet and thoughtful over dinner. “Penny for your thoughts?” I asked. He whipped his eyes to mine and shivered. I had the odd feeling I’d just watched his soul jump back into his body after having left it for a moment. “We must get him to give a full confession,” he said quietly. “You mean the traitor? Roland?” “Yes. I need to know everything about his involvement with Scarlet. I don’t know how to motivate him to talk, though.” “Yes, I have been wondering the same thing. He has been incredibly tight-lipped so far, even when caught in lies. And you said it wouldn’t do any good to use physical force. How can you get a person like that to spill their secrets?” “I honestly don’t know. I was hoping you might have an idea.” “Hm. I will give it some thought.” Actually, something did occur to me. Something related to my outing with Lexi this afternoon. “Oh, I wanted to tell you. I ran into Iris today. The two of us did.” Alex shuffled