Rodolphus cut her off by leaning down to brush his lips against her forehead. It was a patronizing movement that served its purpose. She knew he would tell her nothing more that night. If she had more questions, she would have to wait for the answers. Maybe that was his plan all along. Use her prodigious curiosity against her to keep her in place. She hated that he knew her well enough to know that that tactic would work.