I walked home. When I arrived, Maegan was already waiting for me. Drea had taken her home, and she lay on the floor, working on her homework.

"There you are, Mir," she greeted me from the living room. "Where've you been?"

"Academy," I said, grinning at her. "Where else?"

"Anywhere," she said. "Look at all this homework. We're not supposed to have this many pages in Second Level."

I bent down and looked at her homework, spread across the carpet. "You have three ...