“Darling Thea, I never pretended you could trust me. I said you were safe with me. Those two aren’t the same thing. So long as you had that stone around your neck, you were a walking homing signal. The vault will block the beacon. You wanted me to keep you safe, and that is exactly what I’m doing. You’re going to need to wise up to the fact that with safety comes a loss of some of that freedom. Temporarily, at least. Danny won’t want to keep you forever.”
