SPECIAL CHAPTER: RIONA’S POV

The gods must be smiling upon me today.

I stood at the edge of the cliff overlooking the valley where Lunaris Academy sat like a jewel in the distance. I had needed to be close to reach Saraphina. The morning light had taken on that strange quality that meant the cosmic alignment was shifting. The Solar Zenith was coming early. Years early. Some divine hand had reached down and rearranged the stars just for me.

I could still track Beta Chandler and his pathetic ...