Okay, this was sort of started before I read the latest book, so the only similarities between that and this is that they got their baby brother back and found out about Mirror, who is now off somewhere (I don't know where). Enjoy!
Sabrina rubbed the knife's handle, remembering his words: "You have no escape. Save one."
This knife was unique, crafted for a purpose. It caused no pain with its single lethal cut. It left the body in blissful sensations in the brief moments before death. What a morbid purpose. It was a suicide knife.
Feeling it between her fingers, Sabrina could swear she felt warmth and comfort radiating from it. A wintery warmth and a dark comfort. But that was more than she ever got these days.
Someone knocked at her door. Sabrina tore open her nightstand drawer, thrust the knife in, and shut it. Granny Relda came in.
"Hi, liebling. How are you doing?"
Sitting on the edge of her bed, Sabrina shrugged. "Fine."
"The basketball still not coming off?"
Sabrina flicked the basketball Puck had super-glued to her head. "Nope." And don't pretend you care. You didn't do anything to stop it. You didn't do anything about it afterward.
"Well, it's only a matter of time."
"Uh-huh."
"Are you worried about the case?"
"Not really." No, her mind had been preoccupied with something else, someone else in fact. Someone who was either friend or foe. It was so hard to tell. Everything was so, so hard. She held back a bitter grimace.
"Liebling, I don't want you to worry about it, but I need to tell you something now."
"What is it?"
"I think our perpetrator will be coming after you."
A surreal numbness overcame Sabrina, like thick swirls of ice in her skin and bones. It wasn't as sharp or petrifying as it would have been once, but it was strange and she didn't trust it. "Why?"
"Because, to capture her, we had to tell her you were her target."
Sabrina stared. The blackness of betrayal crowded out her shock.
Granny put her hands on Sabrina's shoulders. "You have to act as our bait for now. But it won't be for long, I promise, liebling." She hugged Sabrina. "And we won't let anything happen to you."
Right. Because they hadn't let anything happen to her so many times before, right?