Dark Ascension by M. L. Brennan
Author:M. L. Brennan [Brennan, M. L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Urban Fantasy
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2015-08-04T07:00:00+00:00
Chapter Six
The next day, I sat and ate breakfast with Chivalry and Prudence. The cook had been one of the fatalities in my motherâs bedroom, and the new cook was her niece, who had been her auntâs assistant for almost twenty years. I was disturbed to realize, as I ate, that I could discern no difference in the taste of the food whatsoever. Had I not been told about the change, then my only hint that a new administration was in place in the mansionâs kitchen wouldâve been that a vegetarian quiche had been served alongside the rest of the dishes, with zero fanfare, something that never wouldâve occurred while my mother was writing the menus and waiting for my âexperimentâ in vegetarianism to come to an end.
âStop pouting, Fortitude,â Prudence snapped at me.
âIâm not pouting,â I defended.
My sister pointed her parfait spoon at me. âYouâre definitely pouting.â
âYouâre sulking a bit,â Chivalry, the traitor, noted. âJust admit that Mother knew what she was doing when she put together her will. If youâd been given immediate access to your inheritance, you wouldâve given the whole thing to Doctors Without Borders or something like that just to make a point.â
âAnd what a tragedy that wouldâve been, if a worthy and selfless cause suddenly benefited from millions of dollars,â I said. My siblings shook their heads, horrified at the thought. Across the table, Simone gave me a sympathetic smile. Slightly bolstered, I continued. âDonât think that Iâm going to feel any differently when the trust finally matures.â
âI trust in Motherâs wisdom, little brother,â Chivalry said, putting another forkful of omelet in his mouth and eyeing the plate of bacon assessingly, clearly wondering if he was up for a second helping. Wordlessly, Simone reached out and put two more pieces on each of their plates, and they shared a smile. Chivalry turned his attention back to me. âHolding the trust back until youâre fifty will give you time to mature, to attain new thoughtfulnessââ
âTo conform to your values rather than mine?â
Prudence snorted heavily. âMother knew what she was doing. You can play human all you want now, when you see no visible differences between yourself and your peers. Just wait until youâre fifty, brother, and all the people you went to college with are now checking in with their doctors about their cholesterol and worrying about how theyâre going to pay for their childrenâs educations, and you still look exactly as you do today.â A somewhat smug look slid across her face. âPerhaps then youâll be a bit more willing to embrace who, and what, you are.â
âAnd in the meantime,â Chivalry pointed out, âyou are being given a perfectly appropriate allowance, which you are more than free to hand over to worthy causes at the beginning of every month, if thatâs what you feel is best.â
âA monthly allowance that just happens to be in the exact amount as my half of the apartment rent,â I noted. âHow amazingly convenient.â
âThe amount will go up when you turn thirty.
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