"When he came back here, he told me he'd destroy it," the headmistress said.

"So you destroyed him first." My whole body trembled, and I thought I might be sick. "Why skin-walk as Ramsey?"

"A fluke really. He was the first person I thought of since he kept bothering me about the maps of the academy. Though it would have been nice if you'd killed Ramsey to silence him, I knew he'd never find the Staff of Sullivan."

"Did you steal it?"

"No. ...