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... of its light didn't reach the crowd. Rows upon rows of students filled the marble-lined amphitheater at the heart of Evernight Academy.

Every student stood beside each other, each dressed in their respective uniforms, pressed and clean—but none of them looked untouched. They carried bruises. Cracked boots. Stained coats. And in their eyes—

Fear.

And worse.

The absence of understanding.

Professor Nyx stepped onto the elevated dias without fanfare. No enchan ...

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