House of Salt and Sorrows

In Camille’s room that night, Annaleigh repeats her suspicion that someone was in the clock shop with her and Edgar before he died. Camille gets ready for another ball and assures her that he died by suicide. Annaleigh is shocked that she and their other sisters are going to a ball after the death. Camille believes they must keep living, as she didn’t know Edgar well enough to mourn him.

Suddenly, Annaleigh hears sounds from downstairs. She calls Verity, Honor, and Mercy’s names but can’t find them; no candle is lit, despite Honor fearing darkness. Annaleigh races after the sounds of footprints to find no one. She bumps into Roland, the family’s valet, and asks about the night Eulalie died; he doesn’t have much to say, as he took the night off to celebrate his mother’s 80th birthday. He asks if Annaleigh needs anything, but she declines.

Annaleigh heads to bed but spots Verity drawing in the grand hall. She teases Verity for not being asleep, but she doesn’t seem like herself. She stares at Eulalie’s ghost behind them. Annaleigh is terrified and can’t look, but she asks Eulalie who murdered her. Eulalie screams “You!” and pushes Annaleigh. The ghosts disappear, including Annaleigh’s vision of Verity.