Elena's Pov

"I should be going," I said, tottering on unsteady legs. "It's late."

"Think about what I said."

Luna Margaret's voice trailed me to the door. "For your own sake. And perhaps for Andrew's too. Because if you stay and he does bind your power, if you become his weapon, you'll both lose something you can never get back."

Clara and I walked silently back toward my room. The corridor seemed longer than before, the darkness deeper.

"She's wrong," Clara said finally. "You know that, ...