(Aaron)
I had become used to not taking my brother's calls. We had, after years of ignoring the issue, finally gotten into it last year when I saw James and Emily kissing at the cabin. Only to have James turn Emily away, saying that he didn't want to hurt me.
Despite James' good intentions, this angered me and we had not spoken since. After the incident, James went abroad to study, Cassie tagging along to be with her son, but now they were back and James wanted to talk.
It wasn't that I didn't want to see the brother who had all my life been my best friend. I just didn't yet have the courage. Not talking was better than losing him altogether. On top of that, our father had just become the king.
I knew that my mother had somehow found out about James and Cassie years ago. She had let
