Moonviel Academy

an'

efore she hit

fingers twitching like she's trying to fight something in

h

isn't

beads on her forehead, her lips parted like she's struggling for air. I don't kn

't ready

w and erratic. D*mn it. I glance up, meeting the col

voice comes out harsher than

head, unfazed. "She

She's not some experiment.

she were truly unworthy, she wou

sn't mak

cious. Her pulse is steady but weak. I shift her weight in my ar

rl is still a student of this academy, and she will be treated as su

of si

an nods once. "Very well. B

d just like that, they turn and stride out

're gone, the m

eir? That's

even know w

hink she'

nore

through the crowd. I don't stop to explain. I don't care w

at whatever the Council did to her will wear of

magical and mundane medicine. Madam Lys, an older

s, her sharp eyes assess

ng to her. Some kind of magic

an shatter a mind if done improperly." She ges

o the mattress. Her expression is troubled, lik

she be

ne's forehead, murmuring a spell under he

forward are... resisting. She'll wake up soon

ease settles

don't know what the High Counc

know on

the same when

le

lungs burning like I've been drow

d my eyes. A woman's voice screaming my name. Fire licking at the

that is

y entire body aching like I've been torn apart

na

eyes unreadable, his arms crossed like

our eyes meet,

deep inside my chest twists viol

reful, measured. Like he'

t to say. The words won't come. Becau

lly whisper. My voice sounds strange,

ut before he can answer

se you

snapping towar

e, her sharp gaze flickering between Ronan and me. Behin

in the roo

ration and fear tangling in my chest. "I don't remember-" I br

my consciousness. A golden sigil. The sound of my own

efore sighing. "Then it's t

ss begins. "That name was given to you wh

, my throat dr

who would have killed yo

els like it

ch the sheets b

e ones who murde

possible. I don't-" I shake my

sharpens. "N

leaves m

il burned into my mind-they weren't just

emor

Voss continues. "Last surviving heir of House R

into me like

ens

t name. Ev

bloodlines in history. But they were slaughtered years ago-a

vivors

hat's-" I shake my head, my breath c

p down,

he High Council looked at me, in th

feeling like something wa

nt to live as S

ant to b

his head. "You're in for one

"It's Ravenspir

st time, saying