Meanwhile, somewhere within the third year dorms, Carlile and his friends (more like lackeys) were busy discussing their failure of a plan. Hugo was supposed to injure Ashton gravely.
So much so that he would need to be transported out of Contingent under the guise of a 'duel'. Where others would give Ashton relief from ever seeing the world again.
Carlile had called in a bunch of favours with Amaira to make it happen. She was supposed to ignore whatever happened inside the arena and since she was a purist as well, she agreed. However, their plan backfired badly when it was Hugo who had to be hospitalised after the duel.
"I told you trusting the first year on his first day was too much." The blonde-haired guy chimed in, "If we want it to get done, we should have done it ourselves."
