Mom nodded. "When we arrived, Ramsey and Headmistress Millington filled us in. On what they could, anyway."

Dad sat on the bed next to my feet. "After the onyx stone was activated, Professor Wadluck was found in the infirmary petrified next to an open casket. The Ministry of Law Enforcement reversed the spell and interrogated him. He admitted everything."

"Including your role, Dawn," Mom said. "He used you for the color of your magic. You didn't play a willing ...