16

When you realize nothing is lacking, the whole world belongs to you.

~Lao Tzu

Raphael

As I moved around the big elegantly decorated hall filled with prominent people I couldn’t help but loath my sister even more for putting me in this position. It had been a whole week and I had been doing everything my father had demanded of me, I had attended almost every meeting and because of that I had skipped a few classes, I never even got to see Lyra and that didn’t sit well with me.

“Smile.” My stepmother whispered and I rolled my eyes at her.

“Go bother someone else mother.” I spat bitterly. I had never fancied this woman and if it were up to me she would have been out of my father’s house long ago.

“Your father will not be hap-”

“I’ve been doing your husbands bidding since before you came into our lives, I know exactly what is demanded of me, you need to back the hell off.” I whispered back rather harshly. Her chestnut eyes burned with fury but she said nothing, instead, she just curled h