The first report arrived less than a day after Caleb's sentencing.
After five years of Guild support, every failure surfaced at once. The pack accounts carried no reserve, and its medicine shelves were nearly empty.
Lily had taken Martha's last real jewelry and a handful of cash during the night. By morning, she had crossed into the lawless outer territories.
She left the fake moonstone bracelet behind. Martha found the empty jewelry case under the bed in their welfare lodging.
The Northern Academy expelled Chloe when her next tuition payment failed.
I had paid fifty thousand dollars a year for five years. Chloe sent one message asking me to reconsider. I deleted it.
The academy notice listed unpaid tuition as the reason for dismissal. Chloe's Blackwood surname bought her no extensio
