Aetherion Academia #1: Shadows of Rebirth
I walked up to the dais, where Mistress Vex was languidly rolling a scroll.
"Mistress Vex?" I held out the blank card. "There seems to be a mistake with my assignment."
Mistress Vex took the card, her amber eyes flicking to the empty surface and then back to my face. A look of genuine, if slightly cynical, sympathy crossed her features. She leaned back against the podium, the scent of rune-smoke wrapping around us.
"No mistake, Lumira," Vex sighed, her voice losing some of its theatrical edge. "I tried to find a match. I really did. But when the list went out to the second-years... no one stepped forward."