Natalie's POV:

I couldn't believe I was stuck in the same house as the stupid American git, Daniel Cahill until Fiske decided it was "safe from Vespers" at the Kabra Mansion. Ian, for some reason, didn't seem to mind so much. He had apparently befriended some the FLO people. Just because I was poor, and had been kidnapped by Vespers didn't mean I wasn't important.

"C'mon Prada Princess, at least give us the honor of dining with you."

Daniel spoke sarcastically. I ignored his half-hearted pleading at my door. Amy was still too shy to do any talking for herself. She had to send her little brother to do everything for her. They all thought his emerald eyes would bewitch me the same way Amy's jade ones had charmed Ian. They were wrong, surely I was superior to my brother. Father had known, hadn't he? Only mum was blind.

"Go away, you aren't even a real ninja, idiot boy." I called out. I could sense Daniel's fuming through the door and smirked.

"Sometimes I regret saving your life back in the gauntlet!" Oh, that was a low blow. The Gauntlet, the thing that finally proved my mother didn't love me.

"I hate you Daniel." I said

"The feeling is forever mutual." He spat.