The Queen of Nothing (Full Book) by Holly Black ( PDFDrive )

I grab the body wash that Vivi buys at the organic store, the
one that’s supposed to be naturally antibacterial, and smear it
liberally over the dried blood. It smells bleachy and stings like
hell. “You mean, did he try to kill me?”
Taryn nods. I catch her eye. She already knows the answer.
“Why didn’t you say something? Why did you let me marry
him?” she demands.
“I didn’t know,” I admit. “I didn’t know it was Locke who’d
led a hunt for me until I saw you wearing the earrings I lost
that night. And then I got taken by the Undersea. And soon
after I got back, you betrayed me, so I figured it didn’t
matter.”
Taryn frowns, clearly torn between the urge to argue and an
effort to stay quiet to win me over. A moment later, arguing
triumphs. We’re twins, after all. “I just did what Dad said! I
didn’t think it mattered. You had all that power and you
wouldn’t use it. But I never wanted to hurt you.”
“I think I prefer Locke and his friends chasing me around
the woods to you stabbing me in the back. Again.”
I can see her visibly stopping herself from saying anything
more, taking a breath, biting her tongue. “I’m sorry,” she says,
and slips out of the bathroom, leaving me to finish my shower
alone.
I turn up the heat and take a long time.
When I come out, Heather has left, and Taryn has gone
through the fridge and constructed some kind of nervousenergy
tea party out of our leftovers. A big pot of tea sits at the
center of the table, along with a smaller pot of the yarrow. She
has taken our last half sleeve of gingersnap cookies and
arranged them on a tray. Our bread got turned into two kinds
of sandwiches: ham and celery, peanut butter and Cheerios.
Vivi is brewing a pot of coffee and watching Taryn with a
worried expression. I pour myself a mug of the healing tea and