Lina's POV
The next afternoon, I found Mandy already waiting at a small café near the Ravenshield site. She looked nervous. Distracted. The kind of nervous that made me immediately suspicious.
"Okay," I said, sliding into the seat across from her. "Spill."
She took a deep breath.
"Have you heard of Andrew Reese?"
The name hit me like a cold splash of water.
"The doctor?" I asked slowly. "He's a colleague of my old professor from my study abroad days. Why?"
Mandy leaned forward. "What was your professor's name?"
"Fiona."
A pause. Mandy's eyes sharpened.
"Is that… *Castellan* Fiona?"
I frowned. "What do you know about the Castellans?"
I'd only studied abroad for six months—two years cut short by Jasper dragging me back home. And in those six months, I'd
