THE AUREUM TRIAL: BLOOD OATH
One of them snarled, knocking over another tray, the sound sharp and guttural, like something feral had been dragged into the heart of breakfast.
“Gods,” I breathed, frozen.
Ingrid, however, merely sighed. “First-years. Happens every year. They get too hungry, too eager, and the shift just... happens. Partial transformations are messy.” She stepped around the mess with the ease of someone who’d seen it all before, tugging me along by the wrist. “Let’s get food before the rest of them lose their minds.”
I followed her on autopilot, still reeling, my senses bombarded from every direction…
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