Aetherion Academia #1: Shadows of Rebirth
He slumped back, consciousness fleeing into the cider's oblivion, his head lolling against the booth's wooden frame.
I sat in the silence, the rain drumming against the roof, the geas burning on my wrist, the weight of Vance's confession settling in my chest like stones dropped into deep water. The Academy had known. Always known. They had built their power on an ancient hunger, fed it with students and secrets, and when it began to wake, when the corruption spread too far to hide, they found me - a convenient monster, a reusable villainess, a scapegoat who could be sacrificed when the narrative demanded.
Bab Populer