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g I saw was the moonlight bleeding ac

the observat

mension and then shoved back into this one without warning. My mouth was dry, my limbs heavy.

d. The pendant that had seared my skin l

ark on my coll

rescent outline beneath my skin. It

leared th

ned s

ms crossed, eyes red-rimmed l

dy to be casual. "They carried you out of the observatory. You

opped

side of the bed. "What

the infirmary, screaming in his s

at still burned like

asked. "Professor Cael? Did they

ghtly. "No one's saying anything. But there's talk. That it wasn't just

rt thudding. "You sa

ah. Just for a second. It shifte

ng goosebumps r

said. "She said I was

, she looked... guilty. "I've heard that voice too. In my d

bbly but working. "

the obse

To the source.

yra, that tower is sealed off.

"And I think that's wh

-

he time we made

mi complained the whole way about breaking school rules, but I knew

dust, rot, and old secrets. A spiral staircase wound upward into the dark like a

ter-different from the ornate one in the observatory. This one was cracked i

tched in dried silv

hat had burned

sharply. "What

es. The ache in my joints. The pull I felt toward the broken

the air

erature

I hea

his

e room. I

essel. The blo

eyes had gone wide. She was

reathed. "Loo

sp

was glowi

he fragments on the floor

lid into place until t

efle

no

g silver. And behind her, a constellation

she s

rne. The first in c

t something solid. Naomi ca

y?" she asked, h

he key. To something. S

face w

irect descendants of the celestial wolves. Purebloods. But

all," I sai

ound beneath us

someone standing

ss

slowly, as if he'd been

ally, brushing a leaf from his hoodie. "You

long have you be

ust walked to the m

his pocket and pulled

pen

had burned

ed. "You-where d

he said, but there was something off i

of me, subtly shieldi

miled. "S

hen I no

ey

-just one flicker-

were

like mine in

old. Li

of them,"

head, amused

alread

a student. He wasn't

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d been watching u

he had th

e

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