Chapter 37 The Burning Pact

• Ava stared at the ancient book in her hands, her thoughts a swirling storm of confusion and fear. The revelation about the Void had shaken her to the core, but there was no time to dwell on it. The moment she and Elias had emerged from the Forgotten Sanctum, a new urgency had settled over them. Something was coming—something dark and powerful. And it wasn’t just the Void.
• The Academy was changing, and the forces within it were shifting.
• The corridors leading back to the main halls of the Academy felt oppressive, as if the walls themselves knew of the forbidden knowledge she now carried. Elias had been silent ever since they had fled the collapsing sanctum, but Ava could see the same weight in his eyes. He, too, had felt the pulse of dark magic that had been unleashed.