Chapter 32
My heart sunk into my stomach. I placed my hand on my car to steady myself. “Is Christian okay?”
“If you would’ve gone to Lucent Academy like all the others, this would never have happened. I knew Christian should have declined a guardian position for someone so young and inexperienced.”
Spittle from his lips sprayed my face. I resisted the urge to wipe it away.
“Is Christian okay?” I asked again.
“He will be.”
“What happened?”
“He broke a rule. That’s what happens when you start feeling beyond what a guardian should feel for a charge.” He shook his head. “You are just like your mother, careless and thoughtless. And I don’t care what difficult circumstances the Council—or should I say your aunt—thinks you have. You are just like the rest of them and should have to follow
