Knowing that they would want more information, Everlyn quickly opened the book up to the page she’d found where it showed the smiling group photo. Simon and Oliver peered at it, seemingly lost.
“I don’t understand,” Oliver began. “What am I looking at? I see Father, and your parents, but who is that guy? Why are they together, and how does this prove that they started the rebellion? And why would Father even want that in the first place?”
“That is the man known in the Undergrowth as Bossman. He is the one leading the rebellion against you. Or at least, that’s what I had assumed until I read this paragraph. Want me to read it aloud?” she replied.
Simon nodded. “Sure.”
“I’ll start here,” Everlyn began, clearing her throat. “Another family has renounced their title. This time, it was t
