Lily watched him go, not sure what to say. Then the healer was bustling back into the room, apologizing for taking so long, and she had to act as though she'd simply been waiting for her.
Once her bandages had been changed and she was told to rest, Lily turned her attention once more to the letter. Slowly, shakily, she opened it.
Lily Hartnet had been stricken from the records of the house, disowned and disavowed.
The letter was written in her father's hand, and said that they would work to give her at least a week to leave the country, they would attempt to stall the mordecai until then. After that, they could not risk working to protect a mage.
The letter said that they were sorry for this, and that they loved her, despite her affliction. They believed she hadn't been aware of what she was, and they hoped she would find happiness away from Connlaoth.
And that Jorris was sorry, and he loved her.
She ripped the letter apart.