Chapter 76

Elodie

“Today’s test is not about strength,” the instructor continued. “It is about control.”

Those words settled deep inside my chest.

Control.

I knew what he meant, even if the others didn’t.

We stood inside the ancient stone circle, sixteen of us, surrounded by symbols older than the school itself. The ground beneath my boots felt warm, like it was alive. I could feel it through my bones. Lysa felt it too. She stirred, cautious.

This place remembers, she ...