esentment. Ansel sat by the window, his gaze fixed on the blur of the city
ressed stepsister, Rory Greer, ey
e sharp and acidic. "I thought you were going to hide a
ond. He didn't ev
pped. "Although I suppose it doesn't matter how you act. The result will be the same as alwa
legance, finally spoke from her seat between them. "Rory, don't talk to you
oes our family have to be humiliated by this... this defective piece of baggage? Ev
fraction cooler. It was a command
looked at Rory, and a slow, delibe
failure," he observed, his tone as cal
ut quickly recovered. "I just don't want
" Ansel said. "My defective energy field is unfor
fell open. "H
tter than me, yet your greatest achievement is still being born with a functional pheromon
"At least I'm useful to this family! Y
expression perfectly innocent. "Imagine working so hard to prove your worth, only to rece
ameless!"
her with cool amusement. "You're the one humili
n caught her wrist before she
said, her voice s
agree. Listening to her confuse cruelt
a flicker of calculation in her gaze. He was prov
ped a silent, rhythmic pattern on his knee. His mind was elsewhere, already moving beyond this petty squabble. He had
uld be activated upon the completion of his official, adult genetic matching test. Rega
itself... he co
white building loomed. Suspended above it was the massive, ho
umiliated one more time. Vivian smoothed her skirt, her expression on
form. Hillard Greer was waiting for them
en. Ansel was th
snarled. "Get inside! And try not to emb
e destroyed by someone else's genetic test, Fat
ould erupt, Ansel walked past him an
, linking her arm through his, h
pped into the building that held the keys to so many destinies
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