Blake’s POV:The academy should feel loud tonight.It is not.That is what makes it worse.I stand near the dorm window, looking down at the courtyard. Usually there are students moving around, talking, laughing, arguing about training. Tonight the paths are almost empty. Lights are on, but doors are closed. Conversations are low and short.Everyone felt the announcement.Even if the trials have not started yet, the air already changed.Alex is sitting on the edge of his bed behind me. I can hear the faint rustle of paper. He is reading something Coach Vega gave him earlier. Strategy notes, maybe. Or control exercises. With him, it is always something useful.“You are staring like you expect the ground to open,” he says calmly.“I am listening,” I reply.“To what?”“Everything.”He does not answer for a moment. Then I hear him stand up.His steps are quiet, but I still feel him coming closer. My wolf does too. It lifts its head inside me, alert but not tense. That still surprises me. I
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