GROWING up, my grandparents only wanted me to play classical pieces. But I could not showcase these people what I have learned from my own mentor because that involved several years of practice which Catherine was not supposed to have at this point. I have already aroused so many suspicions from the time I fought with Count Bradford’s son at the tavern. My only consolation was that people could try digging about me but they would never discover anything because of my ally number two, the former Imperial Mage. “I have already removed the traces of the spell which the previous Catherine performed. You now have nothing to worry about, My Lady. No Mage will be able to find out the truth about you.” –Richard I found that note underneath my pillow the other day. After I read it, the note had

