The board announced their decision on a Friday. Margaret Ellery called us into the long room and read it aloud.
The petition from Julian Voss was withdrawn. The original crossing was deemed valid by the terms of the charter, as it had been performed by a member of the Voss family and completed within the nine gates. The marriage of Asher Voss and Sage Voss was confirmed as a true marriage by the reaffirmation clause, invoked and completed on the night of November eighth. The estate of the Foundry House was granted whole and undivided to Asher Voss.
There was a long silence after she finished. Then Margaret Ellery took off her glasses and looked at Asher.
"I've known you since you were a boy," she said. "And I've never seen you happy. Not once. Not until last week, when you stood up in t
