The day of the trial had arrived. Dimitri had not slept very long, choosing instead to get in some early (for the Moroi day) training with his colleagues and to find some necessities to outfit the novices more appropriately for the courtroom ( Read more... )

For Dimitri, this trip to the Moroi Court had been planned well in advance. Knowing how things ran, he'd contacted a few friends a week earlier and arranged for an evening not sitting in his room reading a book. It should have been less shocking that Dimitri knew people than it was that he willingly hung out with them during their off hours. ( Read more... )