Chapter 29: The Healer's Trial
(Grace's POV)
The morning light streamed through the high glass windows of the healing center. Normally, being here with rows of herbs and the soft hum of the crystals would calm me. Today was different. The tension clung to the air as if everyone was holding their breath.
I carefully laid out my tools, trying to focus on the task ahead. My hands trembled despite my best efforts to keep them steady. I moved on autopilot, arranging healing herbs into neat piles, avoiding the stares of the other trainees who whispered just loud enough for me to hear.
It wasn’t the stares that almost made me drop an entire jar of moonstone essence. It was Yasmine’s voice.
Her mocking tone rang through the pack network, projected loud enough for every mind nearby to hea
