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The morning sun had barely climbed above the Ashgrove skyline when Madine University came alive.Freshmen wandered across the sprawling campus carrying admission folders and maps.Senior students chatted beneath towering trees.Lecturers hurried toward faculty buildings with steaming cups of coffee in hand.Everything appeared ordinary.Until a single email arrived.Priority: ImmediateFrom: Office of the ChairmanThe Chairman of the Nightbane Foundation will be visiting Madine University this morning. All principal officers are to assemble in the Executive Conference Hall immediately.Silence swept through the administrative building.The Vice Chancellor froze.The Registrar reread the message twice.Department deans abandoned their morning meetings.Phones began ringing from one office to another.“The Chairman?”“Today?”“No one

Morning sunlight poured through the tall windows of Madine University, painting golden rectangles across the polished floor of the Applied Mathematics building. Aria Ashbourne walked beside Lina, clutching her notebook against her chest. “Do you remember where the classroom is?” Lina asked. Aria glanced at the timetable in her hand. “Third floor. Room 307.” Lina sighed dramatically. “You really memorized the entire campus map.” “I told you. I don’t like getting lost.” “You’re going to be fine.” They climbed the final staircase and entered the corridor. Students were already gathering outside the classroom. Some were laughing. Others were discussing the rumors about their new lecturer. “I heard he never gives extensions.” “I heard he once made an entire class repeat a course.” “My brother said he’s terrifying.” Lina looked at Aria. “Still excited?” Aria smiled. “A little.” “For the mathematics?” “Of course.” Lina gave her a suspicious look.

Kaelen stood at the edge of the Veil, staring back at the house. For several moments, neither he nor Seraphine spoke. Her final words remained between them. Answer and fulfill your side of the bargain and I shall take the rest from there. Kaelen turned slowly. “What exactly do you intend to do?” Seraphine looked toward the darkened room where the ancient parchment still rested. “What a mother must.” “That isn’t an answer.” “It is the only answer I have.” Kaelen studied her. “And you know what happens when her scent becomes impossible to hide.” Seraphine’s jaw tightened. “The witches will come.” “Not only the witches.” Kaelen’s voice hardened. “Wolves have already begun searching.” Seraphine looked at him.

Seraphine did not sleep. She remained beside Aria’s bed until early in the morning. Her daughter was still asleep. Peaceful. Unaware. The silver crescent that had appeared beneath her skin during the night was gone now, but Seraphine knew it had not disappeared. It had simply retreated. Waiting. Seraphine reached out and gently brushed a strand of hair from Aria’s forehead. “Six days.” Her voice was barely a whisper. “Only six days.” For twenty-one years, she had measured Aria’s life in secrets. Every locked door. Every concealed spell. Every lie told with a smile. Every time Aria had asked why they could not travel farther, why strange places made her mother nervous, why she sometimes felt different from everyone else.

The house had never felt so quiet. Seraphine stood alone in the ritual room, surrounded by candles whose flames burned with a faint silver glow. On the table before her lay everything Agnes had instructed her to gather. Moonstone. Dried silverroot. Ash from an ancient oak. A small vial of wolf blood. And at the center— a thin chain of dark silver. The pendant itself rested beside it. It was small. Almost delicate. A dark stone sat within a crescent-shaped frame, its surface reflecting no light. Seraphine stared at it. Two days. That was all that remained. Two days until Aria’s birthday. Two days until the Veil would