Ember Academy
"How long have you been standing there?"
"Long enough." He stepped into the moonlight, and whatever hostility had colored his voice that morning had gone quiet now, replaced with something more careful. "The fire changed. I saw the light shift, the shape in it. What did it show you?"
Sera hesitated, weighing whether telling him was wise, and found, strangely, that she wanted to tell someone, anyone, and he was the only one here.
"A throne," she said finally. "And a crown, made of fire, hanging over it. Like it was waiting for someone."