Chapter 159

• Alex – First Person POV
• The academy had never felt this quiet.
• Every step echoed down the repaired halls like I was the only one left wandering them, though I knew that wasn’t true. Students still shuffled between classes, still whispered in little knots by the stairwells, still dared to laugh when they thought no one was watching. But to me, the place was hollow. I couldn’t shake the weight that pressed against my chest.