8
Shauna
Serena brings me down a side passage so no one will know that I have been with Moraine. We hurry down the stairs using a few servants as cover. “I’ll see you later,” Serena says before disappearing back up the stairs.
I try to step lightly and to look as excited to be there as the other candidates as I merge in with the crowd. You would think acting as if I was in awe would be natural. But I know the smile on my face has to look fake. My stomach is a seething pit of nerves and anger. I can suddenly do a form of magick no human has ever been able to do, and, the people who will teach me how to use it correctly want me to renounce my family. Looking happy is the last thing on my mind right now. Though masking my feelings is something I probably will have to get used to.
I push t
