The day has passed in a haze more blissful than Aidan can ever remember feeling in all his years in Wynne House. Even his parents have ceased their endless snide and sneering glances and quips at his and Aures’ expense to enjoy a day of festivity, which Aidan is quite sure is because a) Lilliana is paying for everything, and b) her nonstop flirting with him gives them hope for a ‘brighter future’.

Aidan’s been the centre of women’s affections before. He can do this ...