“Cadence, darling, do you know what the word clandestine means?” Grandma Janette asked.

Nodding her head, Cadence said, “Yes, it means secret.”

“That’s right,” Janette concurred. “What about the word ternion?”

Cadence thought for a moment. That word did not sound familiar to her. She shook her head.

“Ternion means a set or group of three, like a triad,” she explained.

“Like a trilogy?” Cadence asked.

Janette nodded her head, “More or less. Today, you are going to learn about one of the most well-kept secrets in the history of the world, the Clandestine Ternion.”

Cadence looked at Eliza and Jamie, and they were both smiling reassuringly at her. “Okay,”...