Chapter 30

Declan

I woke up with a knot in my chest that made my stomach churn. Sleep had been a stranger last night—I knew exactly what today would bring. My father, the King, was coming to the academy. Just the thought of it made my body ache with tension. I hadn’t even tried going to class; the energy it would take to sit through lectures, to pretend I was paying attention while my mind raced, wasn’t some