Ferron had been accused of killing the Principate? The assassination responsible for causing the war? She stared at the words until they blurred. She remembered Principate Apollo’s death. He was found brutally murdered in the Alchemy Institute’s commons, and an investigation had immediately been opened. She didn’t remember there being any conclusion. There’d been so much happening at the time: the funeral, the preparations for Luc to be crowned Principate.