Juncture (1)

Without giving Kyran a chance to speak, Stella went on.

"I want to tell you a story," she started. "It was a story about four friends...."

Kyran did not attempt to interrupt Stella, realizing that what she was about to tell him was the story about the four people he was most interested in.

Stella went on to tell Kyran the story between herself, Caelan, Layla, and Zane.

As Kyran already knew thanks to True Void's unexpected slip of the tongue, Caelan was ostracized by his family because he did not possess any magic. He was also treated unfairly because his father never married his mother. Nevertheless, he grew up in his father's family because he was the first 'male' of the first son who could carry the family name.