The Succession Trial

Nadia

I decided to go to the Aldridge mansion almost after dinner time when I could no longer sit in the stew of my jumbled thoughts.

The suppressant had only been in my system for a few hours, but Dr. Linford’s warning kept looping in my head. I needed to talk to Torin before the tonic had a chance to fail in the worst possible place, and I needed to do it without an audience.

The main hall was e