Chapter 79

That night, Elodie couldn’t sleep.

No matter how many times she closed her eyes, the visions returned. Burning lands. Screaming wolves. Blood on her hands. And then that other image—herself standing between two armies, arms raised, light pouring out of her body.

Balance.

She sat up on her bed, breathing hard. The dorm room was quiet. Cassie and the others were asleep, unaware that the world had almost shifted that afternoon.

Her door creaked softly.

Elodie’s head snapped ...