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“What happened in there?”
“I have an arch enemy who wants to get me in trouble.”
Mom gives me a funny look then moves past me. She whispers something in a foreign language and waves a hand toward the mess.
It cleans itself.
I stare in disbelief. “How’d you do that?”
She turns to me, fixing her hair. “You’ll learn it in your studies here. Where can we speak privately?”
“I was heading for my room.”
“That’ll do.”
“Why? What’s going on?”
Mom glances around. “I don’t want to talk about it here.”
“Okay. So, how are things going in the castle for you? I know Dad’s stressed.”
She licks her lower lip and looks around again. “He’s what I want to talk to you about.”
“The threat on his life?”
“No. Come on. I want to see your dorm room.”
We head for the Royals dormitory, and she heads up the stairs past my level. “I’m here.”
“But this floor is for the upper-year students.”
I snort. “You don’t need to tell me.”
The farther down the hall we go, the more incredulous my mom’s expression grows. “You’re not in the suite, are you?”
“You didn’t know?”
She shakes her head. “No, but that explains why you’re getting grief from the upper-years.”
“Grief?” I exclaim. “You call leaving me to die in the forest grief?”
“What?”
“Dad didn’t tell you?”
“There’s a lot he isn’t telling me,” she mutters.
I unlock my door. “What do you mean?”
Mom gestures inside. We go in, and I close the door behind us. She looks around. “I can’t believe you have the suite as a first-year. Is Halen your roommate?”
“Thankfully.”
“You know this room is designed for three?”
“So I’ve been told.” I gather my books. “What is it you need to talk about? I really have to study if I’m not going to fall behind.”
She speaks in the foreign language again, then wiggles her fingers toward my head. My brain tingles.
