- Sadima's dad dies on her seventeenth birthday. Mattie Han and her kids come to the funeral, and Sadima realizes that Micah has fallen in love with one of the daughters, Laran.
- Soon after, Micah announces that he'll marry Laran and Sadima says great—this'll make it easier for her to leave.
- She explains her plans to go to Limòri, but Micah gets angry and says he's glad their father is dead, since he could've never stood the heartbreak of Sadima leaving to find magic when a magician killed their mother.
- She packs her things and leaves, since Micah's too upset to say goodbye.