The Afterlife Academy had become a strange place. I couldn’t go anywhere without being glared at or whispered about. Some classmates still blamed me for deserting them. Others saw my fractured friend group as an opportunity to get in my good graces. None of it had anything to do with me. It was all about my title. It always was...
I snapped my fingers to gain my dusk wolf’s attention and rubbed down her wings, hoping to impart power into them. “Good girl, Grey.”
She yipped at me, her red eyes flickering with warm affection. “Awroo?”
“Very good.”
With unbridled excitement, she danced around my legs, her tail waving through the air. She had endless energy, a good quality for a companion. One day, we’d bring souls to Valhalla. Just her and me, without being surrounded by all these... tra
