When Mallory learned that Liam had just been using her, she attacked him with a brick and left him with life-threatening injuries. In the meanwhile, Liam got Mallory pregnant.

Liam had befriended Mallory Laughlin, the daughter of the caretakers of Hawthorne House, in an attempt to gain access to Tobias and get revenge on him for cheating his father. It is not until later that they realize that Blake has kidnapped Toby because he wants the remains of his own son, William “Liam” Blake, who was killed on Hawthorne property, returned to him. More clues led Avery and the others to realize that Avery was being targeted by Vincent Blake, a man whom Tobias had once cheated out of a fortune. A third package contained a cell phone the man used to convey the idea that Toby’s kidnapping was in some way related to the Biblical parable of the prodigal son, an analogy that made no sense to Avery or the Hawthorne brothers. Another package held a proof of life picture of Toby.

One included a gold disk Avery believed was why Toby had been abducted. Avery wondered if she could trust Eve, but Avery remembered how the Hawthorne brothers had taken her under their wings when she was named sole benefactor of their grandfather’s estate.Ībout the same time Eve arrived, Avery began receiving letters and packages with what appeared to be clues inside. Nash, Grayson, and Xander were all shocked when Eve showed up at Hawthorne House saying that her father, Toby, had been kidnapped and that he had told her to go to Avery if she ever needed help. Meanwhile, Avery began to receive clues from the man who she believed had Toby, inviting her to play a game with life-or-death consequences.Īvery told only her boyfriend, Jameson Hawthorne, that Toby had a biological daughter. When Toby Hawthorne, Tobias Hawthorne’s adopted son, was kidnapped, Toby’s biological daughter, Eve, came to Avery for help saving her father. However, Avery's win was not without a fight.

In The Final Gambit by Jennifer Barnes, the third installment in The Inheritance Games trilogy, Avery Kylie Grambs finally earned Tobias Hawthorne’s fortune. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, August 30, 2022. The following version of the novel was used to create this study guide: Barnes, Jennifer.

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