Although the academy had been more than accommodating, I missed home. I missed being in my kitchen cooking. I also missed creating my own potions in my own home no matter how many times they failed. Like most of winter break, I found myself alone, sitting in my dorm room, wondering what everyone else was doing. Guildmaster Ren still refused to let me return home, insisting if I did so the agreement we had would be voided, and I would be sent away. The guild members needed more than one semester to get over their anger at me.
Some of the students talked about heading south and hanging out on the beach. Because I'd grown up around the water it didn't excite me the way it did them. They also talked about drinking and partying and having a good time before coming back to the grind. That part
