“There must be some mistake.” Margot spoke through gritted teeth. Every syllable was punctuated by her nails digging deeper into my arm. “No.” Father’s voice was a boom, rattling the walls. A growl, raw and ravenous, ripped from Mae’s throat. Then came Banner’s declaration of the obvious. “She is my fiancée.” And a laugh. Gravelly. Low. Dry and humorless. I blinked, forcing my vision into focus, homing in on that laugh. The Guardian. He was laughing. His silver eyes flashed white like lightning, and the smirk on his mouth stretched.