Cassius's POV

My professors must hate me, because out of all of the students that I could be paired with, Mr. Chen chose Avery. Thanks to my parents, I see her enough at home, and now I have to put up with her here at school, too. She never belonged here, and she won’t just disappear. My brothers and I don't need her because we are capable of caring for ourselves and this kingdom.

Sometimes, I think that my parents assigned her to us just to torture me. In their ignorance, they assumed ...