Chapter 66

*Elora*

I didn’t ask Kael where he thought I was going. I just slipped on one of his oversized hoodies, tied my boots tighter than they needed to be, and left the dorm before sunrise. The corridors were quiet—too quiet. That kind of sacred silence that only ever existed before the Academy woke up. Before blades clashed in the courtyard and instructors barked orders like gods of war.

But even in th