This story takes place in October of 1997, two years after Philip's story, and opens in the citadel in Iowa.

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"It could be fun, Zelda." Greneth gave his smoothest smile and waited. It was a proposal Griselda couldn't turn down.

Or so he thought.

She shifted her weight from one foot to the other and crossed her arms uncomfortably. "I don't know. What is it exactly?"

Greneth wasn't sure how to answer. The advertisement for the ...