Having spent much of the past year trying to get back to Detritus Lane, Kuro has trouble remembering why as he's kidnapped, attacked, and chased through the streets.

Chapter 24 - Headaches

Living in secret and stealing to eat is a hard life, but it's all Kuro has ever known. Fear and necessity forged him into the finest young thief in the wizard kingdoms. Nobody can hide forever, though, and a run of poor luck lands Kuro in a place where his quick hands and quiet feet count for nothing: Avalon Academy, school of magic.