CHAPTER 25: BURNING VILLAGE

SERAPHINA’S POV

More than five minutes have passed since I’ve been locked inside here and most of my panicking has subsided by now.

So, I made a mistake and trusted Lucian, big whoop, life goes on. It still stings a bit in my chest, but I know it’s the last time I’m ever going to let myself be fooled like this.

I pace back and forth, biting on my nail and trying to figure out my next line of action because one thing is for sure, I definitely can’t stay here - not while my chance to revolutionize this school is almost at hand.

I look to the windows as an option but then, I remember that stepping out through it would mean plummeting from a tall building and meeting my eventual demise from the fall.

That’s not an option.

I contemplate more, staring all through the room until my eyes make contact with a vent high-up on the walls, on the other side of the room.

Only goddess knows where it leads to, but it’s my only option. As long as it leads me out of this room, then I’m fine with it.

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