"Three."
Everett's eye twitched violently. The silver aura around him flared, then flickered.
"You think you're clever? You think because you've wormed your way into this house, into her life, you're untouchable? Also, how dare you bring my sister into this. You are a speck of dust compared to the political might I repres–!"
"Two." Kurt interrupted as his eye began to glow with a sharp, predatory blue light.
The temperature in the room practically dropped as Kurt's and Everett's mana began to exert a physical pressure that made the silverware on the table rattle.
Everett's face contorted. He ignored Kurt and turned his furious gaze toward the woman still sitting calmly at the table.
