AMELIA

 “So what did you learn?” Zeph asked. I realized he wasn’t even surprised by Walker walking into the room.

 “You knew.” I glared at my brother. “You knew all this time, and you pretended and lied to my face.”

 “I agreed with Ryden when he brought me to his plan. What we did was to protect you, and the fewer people knowing what our plan was, the better. If it failed—”

 “No one else to blame? No one knows about your failure. Is that it, Zeph?” I turned to ...