Chapter 21: Erasing The Evidence

The forest was eerily silent, the stillness pressing on Damon like a weight. His breaths came in shallow gasps as he glanced around, willing himself to calm down.

The situation was dire - if he were implicated in the death of Lark Bonaire, his life at the academy, and possibly beyond, would be over. The academy prided itself on being neutral ground, where students enjoyed a degree of diplomatic immunity.

Its own rules superseded external laws. But Lark wasn't just any student - he was a noble.