Blood Debt Academy
"You can serve us and save your academy. Or you can refuse and watch everyone die. Choose, First Queen. You have until the shield falls."
She vanished, returning to the sky where the Old Court waited.
Through the bloodline, I felt the academy. Felt every vampire, every student, every person I'd sworn to protect. They were all counting on me. All trusting that I'd save them.
But I had no idea how.
The shield flickered again. My power was already failing. Minutes, not hours.
"Sera." Elysia appeared, her emerald dress torn and bloody. "There might be a way. A spell I found in the restricted archives. It could amplify the shield, make it strong enough to last until—"