Elara's POV
Mr. Logan announced the final house standings the next morning, gathering everyone in the main hall before classes started so the results could be made official and everyone could stop speculating.
The energy in the room was completely different from the day before — quieter, more tense, everyone waiting to hear where their house had placed and whether all that effort over the past few days had actually counted for anything.
People were whispering around us, making last minute predictions, changing their minds, changing them back. Freya was standing straight with her arms folded, trying to look unbothered, which she absolutely was not. Nyx was doing what Nyx always did, standing quietly and observing everything without giving anything away. I was just standing between them
