Chapter 107 Katheris's Ultimatum

• Lady Katheris summoned us two hours before dawn. Not to the council chambers where we'd expected. To her private study, a room I'd never been invited to before.
• The space was smaller than I'd imagined. Lined with books that looked older than the academy itself. A single window overlooked the eastern approach where we'd nearly died yesterday.
• "Sit," she said without preamble, gesturing to chairs arranged before her desk.