Cash frowned and looked at the amber liquid in his glass. He took a sip before replying, and before he looked back at Theo. "He doesn't love us," Cash said, "He doesn't — like me, really. We're part of a legacy." Cash and his siblings were not means to an end — the Lestrange family would never end — but they were means to that legacy. He tapped his finger against the glass.

"He wants me to change my life," he admitted.

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