How had he been able to speak into my mind?
I wind up in the common room again. Guess my point A to point B are the dinning hall and Veloria's lounge, since it's the only two places I know how to get to in the hulking architecture that is Elmore. The common room is mostly empty.
The matron, a towering woman with a wart on her chin hollers from the bar, "It's class hours! Out."
Muttering an apology, I see myself out.
The hallways stretch out before me. A spike of anxiety suddenly coils in my stomach. How do I get to class? I can't be late on my first day of school.
The noose around my neck tightens when I spot something weaving its way through the halls. A portion of its head is hacked off, rags hang off a bony chest, and the grey, washed off skin colour announces him as another one of
