The reformers have become the institution. The rot is in the structure, not just the people.
Three years after dismantling the corrupt faculty of Velmoor Academy, Seraphine Vale and Caelum Ashvere are discovering that exposure was only the beginning. As co-headmasters, they have fought to build a new student charter, but the weight of governance is beginning to fracture their partnership. Under mounting pressure, Caelum has allowed expedient, secret compromises that Seraphine was never meant to find.
