Scott POVMy lungs burned, but I didn’t slow down. My boots pounded against the stone floor of the hidden cave, the echoes bouncing ahead of us like frantic drums. Kaid was right on my heels, silent but radiating the same urgency that clenched my chest.We burst into the cavern and froze.There it was—the doorway. Jagged, black, towering, its runes glowing with a sickly crimson pulse that beat like a monstrous heart. And in front of it, Fianna lay on the floor, writhing in agony. A sprawling magic circle glowed beneath her, its lines branching like veins from her body to the door itself. Each pulse of the circle seemed to drain her further, her screams ripping through the cavern air.And at the center of it all stood Principal Dominick.His eyes glowed with an unnatural darkness, his hands raised as threads of shadow lashed outward, feeding into the circle. His voice was calm, even cold, as if Fianna’s suffering was nothing more than a calculation.“Stop this, Principal Dominick!” Kai
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