Chapter 383: Laia Vs Holly, Orion Arrives
The clearing buzzed with uneasy energy.
Teams One through Eight stood clustered in loose formations, each group gathered near their assigned examiners and the healers. Snow crunched beneath restless boots. Breath fogged the cold air in pale clouds. The trainees were anxious.
The air was filled with tension, and everyone felt it.
The test had been interrupted too abruptly. None of the trainees had actually expected that the signal for mass retreat would be used, but it was used either way, and no one knew the reason… well, except Dren and his members.
Team Six stood slightly apart from the others.
Holly was at the center of them. They made a circle around her.
