Keep looking at me like that princess, and I might not be so pretty anymore." James made a flicking gesture over his chest. “I think your eyes are burning holes into my shirt."
“Come on," Miri said, bumping her shoulder against James'.
James was right - I had been staring. It drove me crazy that he was there. Everyone I cared about was now officially wrapped up in this mess. I'd already lost Michael and Lucy. I didn't know if I could lose anyone else. And now Father had some other plan to bring death and destruction? I couldn't even bring myself to consider what might happen. Instead, I moved my glare to the wall above Cornelius' head and leaned against the closed door.
“Do you have a theory?" Knowles asked. He sat in his customary spot where a tall cabinet cast him in shadows. His voic
