“What’s she doing here?” I ask Zeath, but I want his mother to reply instead.

And she does. “You may not know this since you’ve been busy two-timing my son with another man but there’s rumors spreading about the Lupins being cursed after my mother’s estate burned down to ashes with her inside. The board thought East wasn’t fit as Chairman and voted him out. Now he has gone MIA with his family.”

“You still didn’t answer my question as to what you’re doing here.”

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