Alera is not a possession.

“This is not what you want to hear, but to me, it doesn't seem there was a time …”

“I continued down the hallway, past the library, with my eyes downcast, not want…”

“He also feels, like most men, that a father should not trust to a daughter's ju…”

“Through the window on the far wall, he could see the remains of his homeland-bu…”