“Oookay. Servitude to what, exactly?”
“I don’t know. But it could be referring to your servitude to the moon goddess. If I had to guess.”
“Technically, we are already under her servitude, so—?” That’s according to what I’ve learned in class. “So why does no one else have that mark? Why me?”
“I wish I could answer that.” He pulls his hand away, leaving a warm sensation that slowly crawls up my neck. “We should be able to understand what it’s referring to exactly once we figure out what the other symbols mean,” he continues. “I’m starting to worry we might not find all of them in the Book of the Divine.”
“How come?”
“I’m almost at the end of the book, and I’ve only found one.”
“Oh.” I frown. “But what—”
“Eli!” Valerie’s voice cuts through the air like an ice shard. My face scrunches u
