Zeke put Ava down and took her hand to lead her out of the building. The other students gave them way, but he could sense that what they had just witnessed was something they did not welcome.
But he didn’t give a s**t. He was done hiding.
He’d been sure isolation would break Ava, and he wouldn’t get a chance to tell her how he felt. He’d been sure her end would be the end of him. Of everyone at the academy.
But there she was, exceeding his expectations again.
She had saved herself from the Council’s invasive magic, which was the only reason he’d regained his sanity and not killed everyone. So maybe she had been able to keep them out of her head after all when they had questioned her.
Was that the reason they were coming back? Was it Ava they wanted? They had been curious about him, b
