Vera Sterling, a Word Spirit, was swapped at birth with a nanny's daughter, raised as the heiress. Vera awakened her power. Birth parents favored the adoptive daughter. A Bond of Kinship delayed her power. Parents forced a debt, sided with the adoptive daughter who framed Vera. Vera made her mother swear an oath: plotters become blind and lame. Vera severed the Bond of Kinship. The Sterling family went bankrupt, the adoptive daughter punished. Sterlings realized Vera's power too late. Vera be...
