I stand corrected. Mother is alive! I wonder how she is going to respond when she finds out Aunt Jade had betrothed me to a purist. Mum appears to be healthy, well, as healthy as one be after a year away from ones family and held hostage for just as long. It'd probably be best if I wait a few weeks before telling her about how I'm to be married by midsummer.

King, Jolie, and Sybille are coming home to spend time with Mother before they have to return to Hogwarts. I hope they're taking the news better than I did.