"Skyler has vanished?"
Alistair Thorne shot to his feet, his grip on the phone tightening as he stormed out of the royal study, speaking urgently with the principal of Starlight Academy.
"How could he possibly vanish when he wasn't even allowed to step outside the academy? How long has it been?"
His angry voice echoed through the castle halls, sharp and thunderous, turning every head as servants and staff froze in alarm.
He paused as Principal Wen revealed that Skyler had been missing for a whole week.
"What the hell? I want every detail—how it happened and what you have done since! If anything happens to him, I'll hold the entire academy accountable. You call yourselves a top institution, yet you can't even protect a single student!? What the hell are those old geezers staying there even doing?!"
