Chapter 22

Aremihc was the most exclusive and selective art academy in the world. Its grounds were located in the surrounding underground area of the Water Tower in Chicago, but nobody knew its exact location or its exact size. Rumor had it the founder, Vincent d’Azyr, had built the academy with such ground-breaking technology that space shuttles looked like plastic, cheap toys next to it. The place was almost like a ghost, untouchable and invisible to anyone but its staff and students.

Even if it was practically impossible that an academy that big, with dorm rooms and dining halls and libraries, dwelled there amid subway railroads and tunnels, with no underground topographic maps showing any sign of it, the students coming out of the Water Tower every so often were clear evidence of its presence in the city.

Aremihc was a mystery, and everyone loved good mysteries.