Chapter 296

• Third Person’s POV
• Outside Ashmoor Academy, two sleek luxury cars gleamed under the morning sun, engines idling with impatient hums. Jace Hale snorted, shooting a glare at Duke. “You’re relentless, you know that? Carmen hates you, yet you keep shoving yourself in her way.”
• Duke didn’t answer. Instead, his gaze shifted to Theo Hale. “So this is your brother? Clever as you are, he looks like a fire spirit wandering lost in the mist. Hard to believe you two share blood.”