Chapter 3
Isaac Edwards lived in a large house just down the hill and a few blocks over from the enormous estate of the de Lisle family, and while he was a bit envious of their wealth, he did not covet having such a monstrosity of a home to care for. If Chateau de Papillon was a castle, then Edwards’s home was a manor house when it came to size, though in form, it did not replicate the dwellings of lords or gents of the court. Rather, his home was a two-story Gothic with a presence all its own. It sat only twenty or thirty yards from the street, as did all of the homes in this particular neighborhood, with a white picket fence serving as the only moat. It towered above him as he peered up from the sidewalk and reveled in the fact that he’d been able to build this home for himself only a f
