Ember Academy
Sera had never met Kessler's sister, had barely known he had one, but the implication settled over the small gathered group with immediate, uncomfortable weight.
"Are you certain?" Oren's voice was careful, unwilling to accuse without solid ground beneath it.
"I taught her myself, two years ago, before she graduated." Renna's jaw was tight. "Elyse Halden. Exceptional frost control, precise, methodical. Exactly the kind of skill required to disguise an ignition point this cleanly." She paused, something heavier settling into her expression. "She left the academy shortly after graduation to take a position within House Corvane's household staff."