"Family school?" Ace blurted out, his face scrunching in confusion. He'd heard of family law firms, hospitals, even auto shops—but a school? That was some straight-up royalty-level shit.
"Our family runs a lot of regular schools and universities in the mortal world," Janice explained, "but she's talking about the school—the one specifically for gifted people. How do you think my family manages to recruit so many trustworthy curse users? We nurture and train three-fourths of them ourselves. In the curse community, loyalty is hard to come by. Big families like ours can't afford to just hope for loyalty—we have to build it."
She paused, ignoring Ace, who appeared to have a lot of questions about the topic, she glanced at Elinor, waiting for her to reveal who from the school had contacted her.
