Chapter 61

**Evangeline's POV**

I should have stayed home.

The thought pounded through my head as I walked through the crowded hallways of Blackclaw Academy. Students moved around me in excited clusters, their voices bright with anticipation for Celeste's engagement party tomorrow night. Everyone seemed to glow with happiness except me.

I felt like a ghost walking among the living.

Three days had passed since the assembly. Three days of avoiding eye contact with ...