Evaline:
And just like that, even before I knew it, the winter holidays were ending. Meaning it was time to return to the academy.
The thought should have felt normal. After all, I was about to return to classes, training, my friends, and the life I had built piece by piece after everything I had survived.
But before I could step back into that life, there was one thing I had to do, one person I had to face.
Damian.
He was locked away now, deep within the Rogue community's dungeons - guarded, broken. And from everything I had heard... not treated kindly.
My mates had made sure of that, especially River.
Still it wasn't enough. Not for me. Not until I see him myself for at least one last time.
So I went.
- - -
The moment we stepped into the underground corridors, the air changed. It was colder and heavier.
It pressed against my skin, seeping into my bones like a memory I couldn't shake.
