The Luna Queen's Rebirth (Ellie and Dominic) novel Chapter 65

Chapter 65

Ellie POV

I had officially hit the point where words stopped being words and turned into worms.

They squiggled across my notes, rearranged themselves into nonsense, and mocked me.

I sat cross-legged on the academy lawn, surrounded by open textbooks, loose pages, ink-stained fingers, and the creeping dread of imminent academic death. The autumn sun was warm on my shoulders, but it did nothing to thaw the ice slowly forming in my stomach.

“Okay,” I muttered, flipping through my notes. “Anatomy of the lower respiratory systemi, dosage conversions, nerve pathways… and…”

The part where if I fail one exam I get kicked out and my life ends.

Ugh.

I tried to build a new study guide from scratch, rewriting topics, reorganizing, highlighting things that the older classmen learned ahead of us. My handwriting was starting to tilt like it, too, wanted to throw itself

off a cliff.

Someone drugged me.

Someone filed a conduct warning.

Now if I failed the midterm, I’d be expelled.

Every time I thought about it, my lungs tightened.

The worst part? I didn’t even know if the exam would be fair. Karina had that smug little “I definitely rigged something” look whenever she passed me now. Which meant this wasn’t just a test.

It was an execution.

“Okay,” I said again, because apparently that was my new favorite word. “Okay, Ellie. You’ve got this. Just… learn an entire year’s worth of healer theory plus every obscure trick question they might throw at you in, what, a week? No big deal.”

I planted my face in my hands and groaned.

“Talking to your notes now?” a voice said behind me.

I glanced up to see Sarah standing there with a sandwich and a raised eyebrow.

“I stopped talking to people,” I said. “So this is what’s left.”

She dropped down beside me. “How’s the meltdown going?”

“Steadily progressing,” I deadpanned.

She took a bite, watching me. “You’re seriously worried about this midterm, huh.”

I stared at her. “I have a written warning that says if I fail, I’m expelled. And I have enemies.”

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“Ukay but, like, reinvention comes with that.” She gave me a gentle shove with her shoulder. “You’re brilliant. You got into the Healer Academy after everyone said you couldn’t. If anyone can brute-force-save- their-life with flashcards, it’s you.”

I pulled a face. “You really know how to romance a girl.”

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