Oriana:
We were declared mates, and everyone watched us. They could not do anything.
In fact, what the Shadow Earth Eater could not do, I did. Miss Rue did it too.
Most of the credit went to her. Actually, all of it went to her.
But one must not forget that I also suffered a lot by my own hands for this purpose.
"With that being said, Yorick, you will be getting discharged from the academy so that you can go and live with your parents and heal. You will be given therapy sessions, and I hope that whatever effects the North left on you, you will recover from them," the headmaster announced.
I noticed how everyone was watching Yorick with wide eyes, almost as if they were wondering what they would need to do to escape this place themselves.
Somewhere along the line, everyone had started to question whether the next mission would be their last.
The presence of all of the ringleaders alone was enough to make that thought linger.
