Chapter 34

*Elora*

The academy felt different after the attack. The air was heavier, charged with unspoken fears, silent questions no one dared to ask.

The assembly that the school head had called shortly after had been nothing more than a formality—words meant to reassure, to keep the illusion of control. But the truth? The truth was in the quiet tension that thickened the halls, in the wary glances exchang