"POV: Ferdinand King

The chains around Ferdinand's wrists were more ceremonial than functional—ornate silver that spoke to his royal status even in disgrace—but they served their purpose of reminding everyone who witnessed his arrival at Moonrise Academy that he was a prisoner rather than a student. The irony wasn't lost on him that his first glimpse of elite supernatural education came through the barred windows of a government transport vehicle.

Captain Torres, the head of his father's ...