#Chapter 70 Dead

I couldn’t say how long I stayed there, crying on the floor of the library, listening to Francium sobbing through the phone, but it was a long time. The crack in the New Moon’s panel hadn’t shrunk or grown, but it seemed to grow darker above me.

Soon, I heard movement. There was no more sobbing or words, but I heard him walking away from the phone. I listened and waited to hear something else, but there was nothing but silence. T

Then, the call dropped.

I felt my resolve start to build.

I couldn’t stay here.

I couldn’t let anyone know what had happened.

The campus wasn’t safe, and there was nothing more that I could do.

I stood and walked slowly through the halls, walking back the way I had run. I found my shoes and noted the new damage in the halls, great, wide cracks in the mortar. The gilded edges of the hallways had been cracked and revealed the dark stone beneath it.

As I exited the academy, I said nothing to the Team Gamma-2 members, and they said nothing to me.

One of them spok