Ache

“I’m sorry, Jasmine if you had to leave us.” Tia Cecil sighed and held my hand tightly. “The spell on your necklace is slowly fading. That’s why you had to left us.”

She gave me a small smile, and worries are still drawn in her eyes.

I nodded at her and smiled back.

After we talked about Lord Dean, Count Ambrose immediately called someone to investigate him. If there is a record that he died, and where did Lord Dean go when he was forced to abdicate.

That’s why I didn’t saw his portrait back at the Hall of Royal Families. He is still in the records, but it looks like the royal family doesn't want to be connected with him. And as I saw the family tree of Lord Dean’s family: He is indeed in the tenth line of succession to the throne, but the book was not updated anymore, according to Headmistress Luna.

“And your necklace, darling… Where is it?”