“LET THE GAME BEGINS” ELARA POV I walked back to class. At this point, I had thought till the end of the lecture, I was quite simply too motorized. I had witnessed and known it to be true. That whisper... that strange object... and the way Veronica and Seraphine kept looking over their shoulders. By the time I got to the dormitory, Lila was sitting on her bed, legs crossed, she was scrolling through her phone. Her focus was fixed there. "Hey," I said. She looked at me right away. "Hey... You look like you've seen a ghost. Don't tell me the professor finally ate someone alive." I gave her a laugh that was immediately stifled. "Well, no... It's... It's Seraphine and Veronica. I think they did something to me." Lila's fans became confused. "Something? Like what?" I sat down on the

