After three months of intense training, they leave for Canaan House. Harrow says that if Gideon replaces Ortus as her cavalier, Gideon can have whatever she wants when Harrow becomes a Lyctor. He and his mother flee and steal the shuttle Gideon planned to use to escape. Harrow wishes to answer the call, but her official cavalier, Ortus Nigenad, doesn’t want to go for fear of death. The Emperor needs more Lyctors for his war since most of the original eight Lyctors have died. The Emperor requires the necromancer heirs of each House and their cavaliers to attend Canaan House, the “Temple” of the First House. There, Harrow reads a letter from the Emperor. She defeats Gideon and drags her to Drearburh. Harrow, a necromancer, rigs the battlefield with shards of bone that allow her to summon skeletons. Gideon refuses again, so Harrow challenges her to a fight if she wins, Gideon must come to Drearburh, and if Gideon wins, she will be free. Gideon refuses, and Harrowhark Nonagesimus, the 17-year-old heir of the Ninth House, offers to free Gideon if Gideon comes to Drearburh. Crux, the marshal of the Ninth House, and Aiglamene, Gideon’s mentor, try to convince Gideon to come to Drearburh, the central keep, for a big announcement.
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