Three trials stand between Lera and exile. Unless the training kills her first. Quint magic has never chosen a human before and the Elders Council is convinced Lera is a mistake. When the quint refuses to be cleaved apart the enraged elders give them a choice: exile from Lunos or demotion to the lowest of trainees. Subject again to the humiliations and deadly trials they endured centuries ago the males now face a new challenge--training Lera to survive. River Shade Coal and Tye will do whatever