Ella’s POV:

Ella Gold was kind, Ella Gold was generous, Ella Gold was always smiling.

All of those statements were lies, and most people knew that. Yet, they all still underestimated her.

It amused her sometimes, but other times, she considered it an insult just how much people think she didn’t know about. Her brothers, especially, had spent years believing she was soft, sheltered and blind to what their family was.

Cassian, for example, thought that she was naive, Sylas thought that she should be kept blind to the truth of their family and be protected.

Yet, neither of them had ever asked her what she wanted. The truth was...