CHAPTER 139: COMET OF SOULS

ARTEMIS’ POV

Unlike Kamila, I don’t follow his instructions to head back to the dorm.

Instead, I decide to find my father because I need answers.

He’s the kind of man who makes major decisions for me, whether I like them or not, but forcing an engagement on me seems too extreme, even for him. It cements the feeling that something is seriously wrong.

I need to find out what's pushing him to make such drastic decisions, to fix whatever it is, and then find Sera.

I get to his office, barging in, ready to demand answers, but it's empty. I must have just missed him.

I step forward, scanning the papers on his desk, and I see he's already planning the wedding, preparing a special guest list. Frustrated, I crumple the list in my hand and throw it in the trash.

As I dig through his things, trying to discern what he’s been up to, I come across a well-drafted document listing rituals, curses, and spells of resurrection, things that seem like forbidden magic, practices of the once-revered Astr