Summary

Chapter 17- Cecelia had imagined for many years how she would react when she saw her father again, but all those plans were lost to her when she saw him. Ned catches her again further down the portrait gallery. The two fight physically while talking about Morvath. Ned confesses that Morvath killed his mother. Ned’s mother was a psychic who Morvath went to so he could contact the dead Brontes. When he discovered she was a fraud, he stabbed her. After the death of his mother, Ned was found by Cilla. Ned said he owed her his life. Cilla made him promise to make the world a safer place for Cecelia. After he started to know Cecelia, he realized she didn’t need him to protect her. He stayed close to her because he wanted to, but used his promise to...