The Unforeseen Danger.

Chapter Fifty-Nine

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The next morning there was a storm, not the usual storm in the sky. But in the heart of the academy.

The eastern bell tower that has been silent for centuries rang, once, it rang again,then seven consecutive times.

It was a forbidden signal.

Sentries scattered everywhere. Students were confused in the halls, wide-eyed and breathless. Wards spread across the lower corridors, not from intrusion,but from collapse.The ancient seals, that have been stable for generations, cracked like dry bone. The library’s shadow-locks burst open. The armory’s fire vaults screamed with unstable energy. And deep in the crypt wing, the Veil Hounds, Morwen’s prized trackers cried in unison, then fell silently.

But no one was hurt, no one was missing, and no magic signature was traced. Just chaos and silence.

Morwen stood in the central chamber, her face was very pale, her staff shaking in her hand.

Lira knelt before her, head bowed. “No intruder detected. No breach. No known spell