When I arrive home, it’s not the silence that makes me pause in the grand hallway; it’s William’s absence. He normally materializes like a phantom with some update or request. Today, there’s nothing, and that makes me edgy as I make my way to the top floor of the mansion. I’m still disturbed by my father’s earlier arrival on campus. I’d been stupid and careless, but Layla’s disappearance had burned so deeply that I needed to douse the flames and find out where she was. I dump ...