CHAPTER FORTY-NINE: EMMA ENDLESS:
THREE YEARS AGO
I was wrapped in blankets, sitting in our family’s library, staring into the fire. Louisa had brought me a cup of tea, and Bradley was sitting watch. I could feel my brothers pissed off gaze staring at me.
“Are you ever going to stop scowling?” I asked.
“No,” he said, “what the hell were you thinking, Emma? Is school really so important that you thought you’d kill yourself over it?”
I shot him a dirty look. “You’re an idiot.”
“You just tried to kill yourself. I beg to differ.”
“This isn’t about school, Bradley,” I said, “this is about my life being decided for me. My entire existence is because of Oberon I have no options. I’m merely his future play thing, and my family has decided they’re okay with shipping me off to him. With
