Zahara was staring at the northern city that she had heard much about from the talkative Julian, and she learned that the Vaelthrone Family controlled the Western Lands, prompting her to think about the handsome, white-haired boy who helped her a year ago.
'What was his name? Haegar? No its Reagar Blackwood,' she mused with a smile. 'I wonder if he got into any of the academies? Rumors say he vanished after the Aether Test.'
Following that, Baldwin called for her. ''Darling! Come on, only a few more hours until we're at Brightwater. We need to pick up stuff for the town, so I'll book a carriage to the academy for you.''
''Yes, Father,'' she replied, climbing back in and traveling along the Kingsway.
Sometime later, the gates of the city appeared in the distance. Their carriage didn't have to wait thanks to the permission the empress gave them when she joined the imperial project to help up-and-coming mages from the border regions.
