Chapter 4

The voice belonged to Elmer Swope, the high school heartthrob who was always out of everyone's league. My dad had only sent him an invitation out of courtesy. No one really expected the heir to the Swope family, the most mysterious family in Luminsburg, to ever show up at our party.

Elmer fixed his eyes on me as he asked, "Do you honestly believe you'd have made it this far without Olivia and the Campion family's support?"

Elmer's words left people in the whole room in a frozen hush. The crowd that had been itching to get involved suddenly backed…