Tris hurries out of the palace to meet up with Nigel. Her lessons with Granny Nora went late today and it put her behind. Ember was hyper, her wings having finally broken through the night before. Tris was happy for her, but even the oils hadn’t helped with the itching.

“The lumps on her back need to heal up and she will be fine,” Amethyst explained when Tris approached her about the problem.

As the day progressed, the itching had subsided and Ember was ...