Chapter 120

Ava stepped back.

y it hammered it in. She had known from the first day that she would die in this place, but hearing Mr Patrick say it

“Who wants to kill me?” she asked weakly.

But she already knew. What she didn’t know was why. Did they know what she had done?

“They know everything, Ava. I told you not to go into the forest. Everything in there belongs to them. Do you understand! They know,

The sudden burst of

of energy that she’d had was depleted. She dragged her feet to the first bench and gently lowered her body. She felt n still felt as if her body had broken into pieces.

If they knew, why was she still here? That was the number one rule of the academy. Never step foot into the forest.

“And that’s what’s been keeping me u

me up at night,” Mr Patrick said.

“Stop that.”

no pain but

She felt too drained to concentrate on shielding her thoughts.

“You’ve brought attention to yourself, Ava. I gave you that potion so you could spend the rest of the evaluations in the infirmary, but you still came back. It’s almost as if it didn’t affect you.”

It wasn’t a question, yet she could see many of them in his eyes, almost like he was still reading every little thought in her head. She thought of sheep. Of kittens and puppies.

can trust me, Ava. You’re not as good at shielding your thoughts as you think,” Mr Patrick sighed as he went to sit on the seat across the aisle from her

“I shielded them from the Council,” she pointed out

Or had she? Was this all happening because of her! Had she given them all the information they needed!

And I’d appreciate it if you

‘ve just

You did the thing with that book; you read minds, I think you even disappear into thin air sometimes, and you’ve enchanted

“Because you’re

I don’t want to be

but she knew nothing about him. It wasn’t fair. “The world’s not fair,” he said.

will never tell you

looking in

at least just stop doing that Can you turn it off

more drained than when she had woken up. Maybe she

lessons

but it’s a habit I’ve had to maintain.

would be in danger. She sighed as she put her head down on

and my pack. I don’t

from

is on this

seen none

your father’s pack. Your pack,” Mr Patrick said with a dismissive wave of his hand. “That’s not the point. They’ve been testing you, and I think

good thing, isn’t

because now you

threat to

don’t get it. I met them,

think I got

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Chapter 120

that was your first mistake. No one gets out okay. And right now, you don’t even look

to me?” she asked, her panic rising as she lifted

her

to me. The

he stood and started pacing in front of the room. “If you can’t trust me, that’s fine, but listen to m President of

“Okay,” she said hesitantly,

the human universities she had read about, Phoenix Academy had a president Just some faceless person that no one ever saw. Dean Russell’s word was law on the campus,

Patrick stopped pacing, looked at her, and then

to die,” he said. “How can you be that clueless! Who owns

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