Kiss the witch hunter

oleum walls in streak

ows still coiled around her wrists like living shackles. Behind her, Lena cr

was ice. "Vanthornes don't protect

ws obeyed-retreating, but not disap

in toward Akira's collar

kin-a twisted vine encircling a crescent moon. Th

unt's

or cre

antler mask gone, his blond hair matted with dirt an

locked onto Akira's mark. "Little

-

y – Headmistress's

rk on Akira's skin with a silve

smelled of decayed roses. "No student h

her jaw. "What

. "It means the forest has chosen you. A

g, his face a mask of carefully controlled fury. Now, his

ress noticed

you think you

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itories –

cool glass of her window. The mark thro

noc

shirt torn, his knuckles raw. He

a leather satchel onto her b

dn't mov

's voice dropped. "It's a death sentence. Th

he trees w

ndow grinned back at her-a s

-

k Tower –

of the tower, her arms c

slow. "It's t

tairs spiraled upward, the walls lined with portraits o

he clock's ge

center of her mark. "When th

coiled.

is grip tightened. "So we

st chim

dow *moved*