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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."

away earlier. I hope you can forgive me, Ms. Spencer." "It's fine. I got

shocking. It was her lack of experience, really-she never expected that from Darin's parents' and her childhood portraits, Kyle could predict what Darin

It was truly shocking.

door, he bent over to rest his

Rafael watched Jacob's retreating

and sighed softly. "I've known for a long time about his

this vast sea of people, it's hard to find someone. Who

Darin is

turned to Violet and asked, "You met Darin-what

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

by the way, she has a

pleasant aura? What do you

gaze drifting upward. "It's hard to explain. It's like us there's a common trait among people like us that allows us to

think she's not entirely on board with

Violet struggled to articulate her intuition until

considered this for