Agatha stamped her feet and exclaimed, "Times have changed! Back then, he was down and out, a nobody. Who could have known he'd become this powerful?"

Rowan said gloomily, "Grandma, let's go back! He's already been generous enough, providing us with so much support! Asking for more would be shameless of us. After all, we're outsiders!"

Agatha snorted, "Outsiders, my ass! I brought you here because I wanted you two to get close! But he hasn't paid us any attention since returning to Blumedale. It seems he doesn't take the Onyx Serpents, or you, seriously at all!"

She added, "Rowan, you're so beautiful. Doesn't he have any feelings for you whatsoever?"

Rowan gave a bitter smile and mocked herself. "Who knows what he thinks. Besides, I'm not even that pretty! If I were beautiful, he wouldn't have returned without glancing my way!"

If this had been the old Rowan, she would have been proud and would not have cared whether Andrew paid attention to her or not.

However, the Onyx