"I used the mojo, but they agreed to wait another month and see if I’d gotten pregnant." Larisa said. "I was going out of my mind trying to figure out what to do—I still had to come up with a baby. Maddock is connected to someone named Synclair Tone. The whole deal came from him. If he’d found out what I’d done, he’d have killed me for sure." Slowly, Skater sipped his soykaf, hoping it would wash the bitter taste from his mouth. It wouldn’t cut the guilt. Larisa had been trapped and alone, and he hadn’t even noticed.