Chapter 99 – Eyes in the Dark

Elodie

I didn’t sleep that night.

The moon stayed full, bright, and heavy in the sky, like it was pressing down on the academy roof just to remind me it was there. Every time I closed my eyes, I felt watched. Not by the elders. Not by the council.

By something older.

Something patient.

Lysa paced inside me, restless.

They have marked you, she said.

“I know,” I whispered.

The oath seal on my palm burned faintly, like a scar that was still deciding ...