I NEED TO FIND a way to complete whatever obstacles were hiding inside the cavern, to get the reward: a look into the magical mill pond. Cheng said that it could reveal our innermost wishes and desires, whether present, past, or future. I would find the sword’s location, even though I didn’t know for certain if it still existed. I remembered that only five people, mostly women, made it out alive. That part kept me from running straight to the cavern that very instant. Not knowing what hid inside the caves scared the living hell out of me. I knew it wouldn’t be easy, but then again, when did I ever have things easy? That wasn’t about to change anytime soon. The thing was that nobody else did anything besides guard theAcademy. I thought again about what Goran would do once he broke out of

