Katherine chuckled a teary chuckle as she locked the phone again. "I like that image." She nodded, imagining it for a second before she pushed it away. It would mean accepting it and she couldn't do that. It was too much.
"Cora says she might be able to let him speak to us." Katherine did not tell her about the heart. She had the feeling that her mum would try to sacrifice her and she could not lose both. "And Bryn says he might be a ghoul. That there is nothing left of him inside the shell and that he might be dangerous." Her tone became simple as if she were reciting an Oxford dictionary. She did not want to think about the implications.