When we got to the house, I turned to Ash. "So how'd I do?" I asked.
He smiled. "You did great."
I let out a sigh of relief. "Good. I was worried I hadn't done it right."
"Sylvia, you are the best leader Endania could ever have."
I snorted. "How do you know? I just became the leader yesterday."
He shrugged. "I'm your guard. I know things."
Dominic came jogging up to us. "Your, Grace, your mother told me something as I was escorting her out."
I looked at him. "First, please call me Sylvia when no one's around. Second, what did she say?" I hope she didn't tell him how she tortured me. That would make him ten times more protective of me and I don't need that. Besides, I don't even focus on that stuff anymore. Only when I see her does it come to the front of my mind.
"She told me you have an older brother. He's twenty-five and his name's Eric."
I frowned. What? I have a brother? Maybe she was lying when she told him. "Do you believe her?"
"Yes. She wasn't lying."
