***Cadiz***
Three weeks after Cassius's funeral, the council made their decision about the noble houses that had remained neutral during the war.
House Eberhart was stripped of its titles and lands.
Caspian Eberhart, who had disowned me, locked away Camilla, and done nothing while his realm tore itself apart, lost everything. The official charge was cowardice in the face of war, but everyone knew the real reason.
He'd abandoned his children when they needed him most.
I felt nothing when I heard the news. No satisfaction, no vindication, just a distant sense of finality.
That chapter of my life was closed.
***
I found Camilla in the library that evening, surrounded by books on shadow magic and ancient texts we'd been studying in secret.
She looked up as I entered. "I heard about father."
"The council stripped him of his titles," I said, settling into the chair across from her.
"Good," she said simply, then returned to her book.
