Chapter 44: Boomerang

"Uh!" Carlos's face went rigid. He was stumped. Amelia might have been cast out of the Looske family, but she was still one of them by name and blood. If the Looskes got crushed too badly, there was plenty of time for them to make up, and when they did, they'd probably make him pay for it. Backed by the colossus that was Godbane Hall, Amelia's meteoric rise had already been sealed. When one person made it, everyone around them rode the coattails. The Looskes, like it or not, would bask in that...