We had barely enough time after the Tactical Simulation to shower and change into formal uniform before we were summoned to the grand hall.
The hall was already full when I got there. Six academies' worth of students, staff and guests, still flushed from the last event of the week, packed shoulder to shoulder under the chandeliers. At the far end, where the dais usually stood, they'd raised the black pillar from the courtyard. Tonight it carried twenty names.
I tugged at my collar, still damp from the shower, and read it from the top.
FINAL STANDINGS · AFTER 10 OF 10 EVENTS
1. Jack Blazespout (Slatemark) · 69
2. Lucifer Windward (Mythos) · 68
3. Arthur Nightingale (Mythos) · 61
4. Jin Ashbluff (Mythos) · 60
5. Rachel Creighton (Mythos) · 59
6. Elara Astoria (Slatemark) · 57
7. Clara Lopez (Mythos) · 54
8. Seol-ah Moyong (Starcrest) · 53
9. Ava Peng (Starcrest) · 52
10. Seraphina Zenith (Mythos) · 50
11. Ren Kagu (Mythos) · 47
12. Rose Springshaper (Mythos) · 45
