Evaline:
I leaned further into the gap of the window. The slit was barely wide enough to breathe through, but the dark night outside and the flickering firelight within worked in my favor.
Shadows were dancing inside the room - long limbs and shifting bodies, heads bowed, arms folded.
There were more students than I expected. More than a dozen or even two. Probably more, considering how packed the room was looking. And the sheer number made my stomach drop. If this group was half as dangerous as I feared… Why were so many part of it?
From my low angle, I could only glimpse the lower halves of their bodies - boots, shoes, nervous tapping feet, the occasional glimmer of silver buckles or crest rings. They were all standing, or at least most of them were. Like they were waiting for something… or someone.
Then, out of nowhere, a figure stepped right in front of the window.
I flinched, my heart leaping into my throat.
