Which was the other thing Cae was angry about, or at least deeply frustrated by: no matter who he asked or where he searched, he couldn’t seem to learn anything about Velasin vin Aaro beyond his former residence in Farathel, the Ralian capital; his age—twenty-four to Cae’s twenty-eight—and the fact that, despite his family’s recent elevation, he wasn’t eligible to inherit their lands.

