When he does not, I frown. “So?” I ask. “Is that supposed to mean something to me?” “It could have,” he says. “It would, to the right person. You, my dear, are not she.” I don’t know what that means, so I choose to ignore it. Instantly, I focus on the other thing he said. “What do you mean, ‘was’?” I ask. He rolls his head from side to side in a tired motion. “Blackthorne was my name,” he tells me. “But it is not any longer. Now, most people know me as Hugh. Or Mr. Hugh, depending on who’s asking.” “What? I don’t understand. Is that your first name or your last name?” “Sometimes, I ask myself the same thing,” he mumbles. “It is both, Miss Ryder, and yet it is neither. But you’ve sidetracked me. I did not bring you here to discuss the etymology of names. Already, I’ve taken up more of your time than I intended.” “Then what did you bring me here for?” I ask. “To issue a warning,” he says. “Jeremy—Mr. Stonehart—no longer exerts as much power as he believes over his board.
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