kennedy desrosiers | seven | cb

The Rose House is something everyone in Seven has at least heard of. Acres of the twisting pathways which cut through a sprawling manor of roses and fountains are free for all enjoy. There's the annual egg hunt in the spring, the well-celebrated summer brunch menu, and each winter they put up custom light displays. As someone who lived there, it was easy for Kennedy to lose the magic of it on most days. The roses were less-appealing from the windows of the upper floor, he supposed- felt a bit strange watching people pay to come and go through his family's backyard.

His father, an enterprising man if nothing else, said that they couldn't change anything about the Rose House at this point without causing a stir amongst the people- "Might as well be the closest thing Seven has to an actual tourist destination," he argued.

So, Kennedy didn't spend too much time at home. In fact, he found out that Abadeer accepted boarding students and signed on for it just as soon as he was old enough. And though it was full of boys with pasts like his, none of them were like him. See, most of them had already grown used to using their family's power to get what they wanted. And sure, Kennedy had his own learned habits, but he was mostly interested in creating his own influence and using that to get what he wanted.

But now that he was all moved away, and he was finally learning how to get what he wanted, Kennedy realized there was one question left in which he'd never bothered to ask himself:

What exactly was it that he wanted in the first place?