Sharply, she leaned forward in her seat, her elbows resting on the table, her gaze locking onto Althea's with a sudden, predatory intensity.
"Become my student, Althea."
Althea frowned. The offer was too sudden and out-of-the-blue.
"You do not seem to know what has become of your master, do you?" Preceptor Odette said, a small smile on her face. "Last I heard, he committed a grave crime and was brought before the higher echelons of the Ossuary to face trial. It is a miracle he walked away from it at all."
Althea's brows furrowed in surprise and confusion as the Preceptor continued.
"I don't know the specifics. But word is that his life was spared… but his title as a Preceptor was not. It has been revoked."
