The Locks Have Everything of Me

The day before their due at cagaway, erie's hopes shut her against a small black box in the corner with the biggest and most complicated lock she's ever seen open. She tells it softly, i require a truth. Merrick fingers the papers in front of him deliberately. That box contains the bulk of gilson's wealth on this ship. It has jewellery, papers, money. You're not a stupid girl. Erie saysd reflectively, maybe so. But you signed a contract when i rescued you from that prison ship. Every box will be opened. Something inside erie's chest curdles. He's never meant for her to have hope. E