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[attr="id","cerberuscol"]Kaspian Koontz

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[attr="id","cerberuscol"]you’re my satelite

The family reunion is smaller than you expected and bigger than you wanted it to be.

You shouldn’t be surprised- the Koontz family is well known more for its size than of the depth of its reach or scope of its power. Oh, some have made inroads and laid the groundwork, but no one has achieved that level of notoriety all witches in Delphi truly strived for.
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There are some notable absentees and those whose schedules wouldn’t allow them to make it, but the gathering is still formidable. Judges, business executives, middle-to-higher ranking members of one of the four covens, and you and your parents and sister.
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And nobody cares that you’re there.
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You came alone, despite the rest of your immediate family arriving together. It’s been a while since you said it out loud, but you don’t need to repeat it. They can read it in your body language, your curt responses, your declined dinner invitations… you have little to say to them and no desire to be seen with them.
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You move around the large banquet hall over the course of an hour and a half, a smile plastered across your face and hatred brewing in your heart. You make noxious small talk with cousins, aunts, and distant kin who are judges, professors, business executives, biting your tongue and keeping your expression neutral.
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Nobody says it to you directly, but you can read it on their faces. You hear it in the things they don’t say and feel the weight of their whispers as you turn to go talk to someone else. “Poor Kaspian, the son of the failure. Worst branch of the Koontz tree.”
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The hatred sits inside you like a well of deep water, calm and frigid cold. You’re far beyond the anger and embarrassment. Now you’re just motivated by an icy disdain and desire to make them eat their words and smirks and glances of pity.
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You don’t tell them that you’re a recent initiate to Cerebus. They’ll find out on their own, and you’ll be robbed of the joy of seeing the looks of shock on their faces, but it will be worth it in the end.
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You’re winning the game, and they don’t even know you’re on the board yet.