Chapter 19: Provoked

He had always chosen not to squabble with petty people before, but that didn't mean he'd let them walk all over him forever. What made it worse was that Noel Pearson and his lot had come straight for him. There was no way Ramon was going to take that lying down. Noel didn't even notice the shift in Ramon's mood. He kept piling on, hungry for payback. He hadn't forgotten how Ramon embarrassed him earlier; today he was determined to get even. "Ramon," he drawled, "so you know a little geomancy and...