Aveline returned to her room in the girls' dormitory just as the last light of evening faded beyond the horizon.
Her room was located on the piano nobile level, the grand floor above the ground level where the Arcanum's public halls, receiving chambers, kitchens, administrative offices, and guards' quarters were arranged; the floor was exclusively reserved for royals and higher nobles.
She had not paid much attention to it before, too overwhelmed by everything else to notice, but now that she looked carefully, she realized something strange.
Her room was positioned at the southern corner of the building.
Even with her limited understanding of architecture, she recognized what that meant.
