" Laura shook her head, fresh tears streaming down her face. “Even Nick won’t try to convince Mama! I refuse to talk to him.” I shook my head, trying to shut my trunk. Overloaded, it wouldn’t close.
“Don’t do that—he’s your brother.”
“And I hate him. I hate everyone! I just want to run away from home . . . or set it on fire. Or set Miss Verinder’s house on fire! Oooh, we should do that, Evelyn! "
― Tarun Shanker , These Vicious Masks (These Vicious Masks, #1)