THE HALF BLOOD'S CURSE
Every flicker of his storm-gray eyes in my direction when he thought I wasn't watching.
"Competitors," Vera's voice echoed. "Enter."
The doors swung open.
The Council chamber had been transformed. The thirteen thrones still stood in their arc, but the center of the room was cleared. A large stone basin sat on the floor, its rim carved with unfamiliar, ancient symbols that seemed to pulse with a faint, reddish light. In the center of the basin, a fire burned—not orange or yellow, but red, the color of blood.
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