Trace Winter II ( yes..THAT Trace Winter, as he would tell you). His father was the original Trace Winter, owner of the largest international shipping and receiving company in sunny Southern California ( Winter Holdings ). Trace was destined to inherit the company. Sent to the finest prep school, arrangements made to attend the same fine Ivy League school his father had attended. From childhood he had been groomed, the son of the great Trace Winter. He would follow in his father's footsteps and become a very, very, wealthy businessman. It had all been arranged. That is, until the trouble.
It hadn't been his fault (His father's lawyers have warned him not to discuss what happened). At least he was reasonably sure it hadn't been his fault. Either way, it landed him and two close friends in jail ( The lawyer's have warned against giving the names ). His name and his picture were in all the newspapers ( that didn't last long, the lawyer's had threatened to sue ). It took some of his father's money to make it all go away, a great deal of money in fact. He was out of jail the next day, his friends were out six months later.
Funny though, it was his mother who had actually sent him here. There was always something different about his mother ( even the lawyers were afraid of her ). She read rather unusual books, dressed just a bit differently, and often disappeared for days at a time. She had "suggested" to his father that they send him here. His father hadn't argued.
She had a long talk with him, telling him what to expect. Telling him he would be on his own but he would have what he needed. She would see to it. She knew certain people where he would be going. He would be leaving that night, leaving for a place his mother called Rhy'din.
It hadn't been his fault (His father's lawyers have warned him not to discuss what happened). At least he was reasonably sure it hadn't been his fault. Either way, it landed him and two close friends in jail ( The lawyer's have warned against giving the names ). His name and his picture were in all the newspapers ( that didn't last long, the lawyer's had threatened to sue ). It took some of his father's money to make it all go away, a great deal of money in fact. He was out of jail the next day, his friends were out six months later.
Funny though, it was his mother who had actually sent him here. There was always something different about his mother ( even the lawyers were afraid of her ). She read rather unusual books, dressed just a bit differently, and often disappeared for days at a time. She had "suggested" to his father that they send him here. His father hadn't argued.
She had a long talk with him, telling him what to expect. Telling him he would be on his own but he would have what he needed. She would see to it. She knew certain people where he would be going. He would be leaving that night, leaving for a place his mother called Rhy'din.