THE HOLO CROWN

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tarted wi

had already gone wrong and was just waiting to be discovered. The air inside

he uniform jacket. My thoughts were still caught in the whispe

are th

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in the corridor, leaning against

dn't you?" he asked,

ouder this t

u," he said. "And I

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mming with old magic. It sat buried beneath the school, behind layers of protec

entrance, his jaw tight. H

y. "They think your magic awakening

al?" I

and sad flickering behind his eyes. "

ned. Jin's ga

o tell us about this ea

more people who know, the closer we get to drawing

ween them. "So w

il believes Aaron is the key. And th

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said. "And scared peopl

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circle around a shallow pool of starlit water, the k

been pressed to my throa

tepped forward. Her voice was

kfall. The last in the cursed line. Do you

r. What was I

ust a student. He didn't ask

ond voice, this one deep and cold

twisting, a door cracking open in the earth. And beyond it... a

Ho

said quietly. "T

it

my arm. "We nee

cil was alre

horne leapt between us and took the hit-his body crashing against the fa

u," he said. "They're tryi

I hissed. "They'll k

y... someth

. I didn't mean to use it. But it came anyway-rushing out of me

ncil sc

ol sha

everything

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p, we were in

lay unconscious nearby,

my breat

what ha

oyed the pool. The Council barely escaped. I

d coldly. "Let

ing to stop. You're not just a student anymore. You're the

mach t

I suppose

the Holo. Before he gets

reak the curse. Fight whatever legacy y

I asked. "If I am

gerous. "Then we make sure

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ten cavern carved before the birth

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