Grayson’s POV The day before I had to leave, Tobias asked to meet me in his study. I would be doing that after lunch. I was eating outside in the courtyard with my family at a stone table with built-in stone seats around it. “Aria wants to ask you something, Gray,” Vaness remarked. “What is it?” I stopped eating to ask. “Oh… I just wanted to send my mother something.” Aria wouldn’t look me in the eye. “We’ll set that up soon then. What do you want to send them?” I asked. “Maybe money…,” she answered hesitantly. “They have money, the protector I sent has been instructed to buy them whatever they need.” “I also made them some protective necklaces and I have letters I want them to have.” She finally told me what she really wanted to send them. “You’re learning magic?” “No.” Ari