27
Three weeks later
It was strange to be back at the Afterlife Academy after everything that happened. The entire west wing of the school was still black from the fire and the place looked exactly how I expected, considering it had been vacated pretty quickly after Ormslang’s death.
A twinge of guilt passed through me, just like it always did when I thought of him and what I did. That probably would never stop and it shouldn’t. The stain on my conscience was my price to pay for what I did.
Class wasn’t starting for a while yet but plenty of students and teachers had gravitated back to the place once the Ravens had been cleared out.
“Weird to be back,” Ryoko said as she paused next to me. She stared at the damage she did to the school and sighed. “Sometimes, this all feels like a bad
