33 Jordan Iar sat alone in the bedroom, cursing his decision to come here. What made him follow his foe to her family house? Curiosity, that's what. He'd started hearing rumors about her even before the semester started. The incredible articles in newspapers about her family. How she suddenly became a rich heiress. A dark mage in a light family, finally breaking the last taboo left by the Inquisition. The girl with two Masters, one dark, one light. Who seemed to be good at magic, despite starting magic so late, and insisting on her focus on alchemy. And then, she joined his group, the best, the elite of their graduating class, jumping through years of learning in a single summer. That was an insult to them all, who struggled through years of training in magic, while she learned Alchemy,

