The day after the chaos in the training grounds brought an unnaturally quiet to the academy. The academy was still, yet a strange, heavy anticipation threaded through every corridor.

Everyone knew about the trial, whispers carried from one corner to another, mixing curiosity with fear. No one dared to speak Evelyn’s name aloud, but everyone knew she was at the center of it.

Ivy heard whispers like; “Is he really going to put her on trial”.. “Serves her right” flooding the school.

Ivy ...