THALIA’S POV
Agreeing to a fake relationship with Eileen should not have felt like the safest decision available to me.
Yet somehow, it did.
The academy had become exhausting lately.
Every conversation felt layered with hidden meanings. Every glance felt suspicious. Caleb kept hiding things.
Ragnar kept breaking through my defenses when I least expected it. And Jamie—he appeared everywhere. The more I thought about him, the more uneasy I became.
“Come on, I want to show you something,” I said to her and she nodded. I led her quietly through the darker side paths of the academy until we reached the infirmary building.
The halls were empty at this hour. Moonlight spilled faintly through the tall windows while the scent of herbs and medicine lingered heavily in the cold air.
Eileen
