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"Revenge is better when someone else helps pay for it."
Fartray continued tapping one finger against the arm of his chair while the servant stood before him with his head lowered. The room had become quiet after those words. Only the soft crackle of fire from the wall lamp could be heard.
Fartray's smile remained on his face, but his eyes were no longer amused. He had spent several days thinking about John, Fizz Holdings, and the humiliation he had suffered. Every new rumor made his anger worse. John had arrived at Heart Magic Academy as a nobody, but now students spoke his name in every hall. He had defeated Ned White in public. He had rare void-like magic. He had a shop that was quickly becoming famous. He had even taken Rhea Flame's attention away from the man she was promised to marry.
Fartray hated all of it.
Most of all, he hated that John kept rising while he remained known as the person John had embarrassed.
The servant waited until Fartray finally spoke again.
