The thing will not stay quiet. Lucius knows, and you know how he is. He would publish it on the front page of the Prophet out of sheer spite.

*She leans in, toward the flames.*

I refuse to let this family--this business--be blown to bits just because Evan is in love and Lucius wants to ruin him.

I've begun the process of disowning Evan. You'd be proud, he's had me running in circles. It's more complicated than Walburga led me to believe.