CHOSEN BY RUIN
A middle-aged woman steps into the space between them, looking all sharp in her neat tightly-packed into bun blonde hair with the leathers and boots she has on.
I step away from Darian’s behind, so I can see better. The woman addresses the students first, “Stop gawking, and return to your dorms if you don’t have anything else to do here.” Almost all of them disperse. And I blink when I notice one disappears. I thought it was the stress dawning on me at first, then another girl vanished. My brows furrow.
They just turned into air. My breath hitches.
If there are witches in this academy then I think I’m damned. I remain rooted to a spot, not trusting to be alone right now.