By the time the room settled from my family's absurd show of dominance, the remaining guests were looking significantly less enthusiastic about presenting their own gifts.
Which, frankly, made sense.
After all, what do you give the girl who just received an entire personal estate, a legendary beast, an arsenal of weapons, ancient magic, and a bloodline enhancement?
Anything they could offer was already rendered irrelevant.
Unfortunately for them, they couldn't back out now.
Zareth was the first to step forward, grinning like a demon who thrived on chaos. Which, well. He was.
"I have to say," he mused, golden slit-pupil eyes gleaming, "this has been the most entertaining display of familial insanity I've ever witnessed."
I smirked. "Glad you enjoyed it."
"Oh, I enjoyed it immensely." He rolled his shoulders, then gestured toward his attendants, who stepped forward with a long, obsidian case.
A flick of his fingers, and the case unlatched itself.
