expected her to go after her eldest son, Manton, including the husband who was supposed to love her most, and who, after Hill's birth, was even more protective of her. However, no one expected that there would be no boring women's war in the mage's world. Melanie plunged into alchemy, took her son and bought a manor outside the town to live in, and never saw her husband again. Until she was 12, Hill only saw this so-called father at the annual New Year's dinner. Unfortunat...