Despite fully preparing with Emerald Sparrow before the exam, Bai Jingxuan still felt a tightness in her throat when the secret was suddenly exposed. She stood rigid on the spot, her thoughts as chaotic as leaves swept up by a storm.
She feigned calm as she looked at her opponent, but couldn't muster a single explanation.
"Do you know that you are a Shifter?" The examiner's question came without giving her a chance to breathe.
"I... should..." She swallowed, trying to buy some time to think, but this self-deceiving act was clearly futile. The tangled thoughts were like a knotted ball of yarn; the more forcefully she tried to untangle them, the tighter the knots became.
