(SEVENTEEN) The Perils of Domesticated Minotaurs

Fantasmagoria

Gilbert’s mom was a circus contortionist and secret double agent who had introduced his dad to the Black Hand. She was an excellent cook who spoke seventeen languages. She was a weapons expert who had invented a new kind of undetectable poison that auto-lobotomized anyone who ingested it. She could sing opera but would do so only for Gilbert. She was be…