MAYA'S POV

I’m running to meet up with him. We step into the bush. And like every other bush in this academy, it's a portal which transports guardians and recruits to new locations. This one is a... graveyard. What are we doing in a graveyard in the night? I should probably head back. I don’t like ghosts.

Maddox grabs my wrist, pressing me roughly against his back as his huge frame shields me. "Don’t move," he warns in a low whisper, but it sounds more like a threat in my ears.

We ...