The moment that thought took shape, Morgana Frost felt as if her entire body had gone cold.
Her first instinct was to rush straight to Clarissa and the others, to demand an explanation, to vent her fury.
But before she could even sit up, the reasoning dragged her back down again.
Even if she went looking for them, what good would it do? Clarissa and her group were hardly better off than she was. What compensation could they possibly offer her now?
Just as Morgana expected, Clarissa, Silvan, and Adrian were also sitting together, their faces dark and troubled.
Clarissa's situation was the most obvious.
After losing the gamble against Zora, she had already been pushed to the brink financially.
She had once comforted herself with the thought that Gabriel would eventually return and ease her situation, but reality was cruel. Gabriel's money had all gone into the auction for the Elixir of Tranquility, and there was not a single extra coin left.
