Nora's POV
I had never felt time pass so quickly in the Diplomacy class, a subject that usually made me restless.
My contribution to the discussion topic even earned rare praise from the teacher, certainly performing better than the girl who had been heckling Marcia and me.
If this had happened before, I would have been uncontrollably delighted and would have skipped out of the chapel after class.
But now, I felt like I had stumbled upon a huge secret. I was alarmed and couldn't let Marcia, the person I had just managed to befriend, see my agitation.
Could Marcia be Mera's daughter?
If so, why was Marcia here? Why was she on Kade's side, and why did she actively help me just now?
In the council, and even now, Mera had firmly sided with Corvin, consistently creating difficulties for
