“How? He took you to the Kramer household to pledge allegiance to a family he used to work for!” she screamed. “As soon as you got off the plane from Ashrone’s wilderness, he took you there! A five-minute stop at… I don’t even know what the Jergens’ are to him; then three hours at Kramer Estate?”“What did they make you do in there? Did they make you take some blood oath? Did they threaten you?” she rambled, going from angry to concerned in the same breath.Raymond’s lips parted, Ashley held a hand up, shaking her head and turning away from his steady gaze.“It doesn’t matter. We’ll take care of this. Even if we need to call another council meeting,” she said quickly, her chest heaving as her heart pounded against her ribs, her thoughts running a mile a minute about what her cousin had been put through, and was still going through.Because of her.Silence.Ashley turned to Raymond. He was staring at her.She blinked, her brow furrowin