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ZANA'S POVThe first thing I felt was cold.It wasn’t the ordinary kind of cold that came from winter air or standing outside at night.This cold was deeper.It wrapped itself around me from every direction, sinking through my skin and settling inside my bones until I could no longer tell where my body ended and the darkness began.I couldn’t remember where I was.I couldn’t hear the healer.I couldn’t hear Darren, Ken, or anyone else calling my name.There was only darkness.Then I heard something….a heartbeat.Thump. Thump. Thump.It was slow and faint, but I recognized it immediately.Percy.My eyes opened.I wasn't standing in the healer's room anymore. I was somewhere else entirely.I stood in the middle of a huge empty space that stretched endlessly in every direction. There was no sky above me and no ground beneath my feet, yet somehow I was standing. Everything around me was covered in a thick silver mist that moved slowly like living smoke.I turned around "Percy?"My voice e

ZANA’S POVThe scream from outside had barely faded when another one followed.Then another.Then several more at once.My entire body went cold as I stared toward the door of the healer’s room. The sounds coming from outside were getting louder, and there was no way to pretend they were far away anymore. Villagers were screaming for help, someone was shouting that the village gates had fallen, and beneath all of it came the unmistakable sounds of fighting.The assassins had found us.Again.I instinctively tried to get out of bed, but the moment my feet touched the floor, my knees gave way. Percy reached for me at the same time, though he was hardly in any better condition himself. His face was still pale from the poison, and while the dark veins that had spread across his skin were beginning to fade, the poison had left his body weak and drained. The soul-binding ritual had taken almost everything from both of us, and my muscles felt useless, as though they had forgotten how to hold

ZANA’S POVThe tunnel seemed to stretch forever.For what felt like hours, I walked through the darkness with my hand wrapped tightly around the ancient necklace the healer had given me. I could still feel the warmth of her fingers against mine, even though she was already far behind us. Every time I remembered the moment she had thrown herself in front of that assassin, a fresh wave of guilt and sadness washed over me, making it difficult to breathe normally. I had never expected to lose someone who had helped me so much in such a short amount of time, and the thought that she had died because she had protected me made my heart ache.I kept my head lowered as we moved through the narrow tunnel.Nobody spoke for several minutes.The only sounds were our footsteps against the stone floor and the occasional dripping of water from the ceiling. The tunnel smelled of damp earth, and the walls were covered in moss and ancient markings that were almost impossible to see in the darkness. I sh

ZANA'S POVFor several moments after Maren's warning, I could not stop thinking about the spy. My mind kept moving from one person to another, searching through every face I had seen since the beginning of our journey, but nothing made sense. I thought about everyone who had helped us at the academy, everyone who had known where we were going, and everyone who had somehow gained access to our plans, yet no single person stood out enough for me to accuse them. The uncertainty frightened me more than I wanted to admit because a stranger could be watched, but someone we trusted could walk straight into our lives without raising any suspicion.I finally looked at Maren."Do you have any idea who it could be?"Maren slowly shook her head. Her expression remained serious as she looked at me, and I could tell she understood how badly I wanted an answer. She folded her hands in front of herself and released a quiet sigh before speaking. "I don't know who it is," she admitted, her voice low an