Kyle shook his head, "Yes, sorry. I forgot about that. I've been locked up in the Pathfinders Guild for a while now, and it's making me a little loopy."

Carissa pointed at Violet. "Violet visited the Kingsley family today. They know she's Thomas' godsister. She can invite Darin out. I believe that even the Kingsley family knows Violet is connected to us. But if she brings along someone from the Farrell family, I think Madam Kingsley will agree."

Jacob looked at Violet with hopeful eyes. "I'm counting on you for everything, Ms. Spencer."

Violet was loyal and righteous, so she immediately agreed. "Sure! Tell me about her childhood, so I can bring it up when I see her. That way, I can gauge her reaction and at least get a rough idea of what she's like."

Jacob stood up, but Rafael quickly pushed him back down. "Stay seated."

Jacob tried to stand again. "No..."

He was met with another forceful shove from Rafael, accompanied by a sharp command, "Sit down!"

With a resigned sigh, Jacob explained, "I need to grab something-a toy from her childhood. I'll have Ms. Spencer take it with her."

Rafael withdrew his hand. "Go ahead."

up and turned to apologize to Violet. "I got a bit carried away earlier. I hope you can forgive me, Ms. Spencer." "It's fine. I got

from seeing Darin, and then she found a portrait of the same woman hanging in the study. It was shocking. It was her lack of experience, really-she never expected that from Darin's parents' and her childhood portraits,

It was truly shocking.

be right back." Jacob stepped outside, wobbling a bit as he walked. Once he was through the door,

Rafael watched Jacob's retreating

sighed softly. "I've known for a long

But in this vast sea of people, it's hard to find someone. Who would've thought

can't be sure that Darin is his sister, so it's too early to say

"You met

"Well, her appearance is exactly like the paintings-no doubt about that. When we met, she barely spoke a couple of sentences, but I could tell she was a bit uncomfortable. She walked slowly when she arrived, and hurried off when she left. At the time, I thought it was just because she hadn't learned the proper etiquette and still had some of that old street behavior, but now I wonder if she wasn't really keen on the whole

and by the way, she has

aura? What do you mean by that?"

like us there's a common trait among people like us that allows us to sense certain surface-level things about each other.

she's not entirely on board with this

struggled to articulate her

this for

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