Evaline:
After Draven left, it took me way too long to fall asleep. Every time I closed my eyes, I found myself questioning if I was being too unreasonable.
I knew that my mates wanted to protect me, that they wanted to keep me safe at any cost, and I was grateful for their care. But at the same time, I couldn't help but feel this undeniable pull toward these soul death cases.
It's not like I hadn't tried staying away from this matter. I had. But somehow, it end up coming back to me in one way or another.
When I was giving up on finding anything about the secret group within the Academy, I ended up finding out about their meeting. When I tried to distance myself from the case after that because Kieran didn't want me to get involved, I found out about Naira, and now Elder Nicholas' case that had filled my heart with a sense of fear I couldn't shake off.