Ilva pursed her lips, drawing a deep breath. “Do you remember Kaine Ferron?” Helena stifled an incredulous laugh. Everyone remembered Kaine Ferron. He’d murdered Luc’s father by ripping out his heart at the foot of the Alchemy Tower. Ferron had been sixteen, just another student, and without warning he’d committed the worst crime in Paladia’s history. He was never arrested or charged, even though the investigation had yielded multiple witnesses positively identifying him as the murderer, because he’d disappeared.
