Chapter 105 – Family Politics

• The people blocking the door step aside and the new guests begin to fill in – about twenty of them. Some of the people are familiar to me but some are totally new. While everyone else fills in, I’m surprised to see my father standing still, narrowing his eyes at Kent, apparently confused.
• And then he shifts his glance to me, on Daniel’s arm, and I realize that…Kent just publicly re-established my engagement to Daniel without Alden’s permission, even though my father has been offering me around as a potential marriage option to other powerful families – Ivan included –
• I quickly glance around the room, trying to get a read on it –