Cherry’s Point of View
Since the death of Raymond Mitchell, life had been wonderfully blissful. The police had chosen to overlook some of the details of Raymond’s death, given the brutality he had used on us beforehand and the fact that he was killed when about to assault the beloved Princess Jasmine. His body was nothing but ash when the police arrived at the warehouse, and we declined to tell them how the fire started, just that there was smoke when we were leaving. In the absence of any accelerant, it had been determined that there must have been a shortage in the wiring, which had burnt up in the fire.
The abilities that hailed from Jacob’s newfound lineage remained a family secret, with only the Gales and the De Lucas knowing about it. I had asked if he wanted to find his
