Royals of Villain Academy 8: Vicious Arts by Eva Chase

Author:Eva Chase [Chase, Eva]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ink Spark Press
Published: 2020-01-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Declan

Every time I tried to loosen my grip on the steering wheel, my fingers started to clench again a few seconds later. My chest was clenched up too and had been since the moment we’d set off.

“It’s going to be fine,” Noah said, stretching out his long legs from the seat beside me. “You’ll be right there, and we’ll have plenty of cover from our ‘friends’ in the back.”

“If there’s anything to cover the two of you from,” muttered one of the blacksuits sitting behind us.

There were three of them back there, although they’d cast spells that made it nearly impossible to make them out unless you knew the signs to look for. A defector who’d joined us on campus had convinced two of her colleagues who were still officially on duty but unofficially on the fence about their loyalties to join us for this trip. The other woman had stayed pensively quiet since we’d picked them up; the man seemed to be making a show of his skepticism.

I ignored the attitude. He’d see soon enough what I knew Aunt Ambrosia was capable of.

“I’m basically using you as bait,” I said to my brother. “You would have been totally justified in telling me off.”

“You’re using yourself as bait too,” Noah replied. “The whole plan makes sense. I’m not some little kid—I can make my own decision about it. Which you let me do. You’re not the bad guy here.” He paused, and his eyes gleamed briefly. “I can’t wait to see the look on her stupid face when she realizes how epically she’s screwed up.”

“Let’s not get ahead of ourselves.” I had no doubt that our aunt would try something during this meeting. I never would have expected a gambit like this to have worked in the past, when the balance of authority had been in my favor. Now, with the other barons supporting her bid for the Ashgrave barony and crushing anyone who stood up to them, she’d have much less fear of potential consequences. How could she resist the opportunity?

But whether we’d come out on top during this confrontation was yet to be determined.

She didn’t know we were coming. No one knew about this little mission except the blacksuits with us and my fellow scions. I hadn’t wanted any risk of her being ready with accomplices to displace the blame for whatever move she decided to make.

Unfortunately, that also meant we were approaching her at her home. I didn’t like the idea that my cousins, who were only kids, might see this, but for any official business she went out on, she’d be much more likely to have professional company. She’d always made a fuss about Sunday family brunch, with lots of passive-aggressive posturing when my side of the family had stopped joining hers here for it… after the second time I’d come down with a mysterious illness the night after, despite my father’s and my best attempts at checking over my food. I was counting on her not skipping this one tradition no matter how busy she’d been playing baron.

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