Thornhill Academy (By Sheridan Hartin) novel Chapter 95

I-” She swallows, shaking her head. “I didn’t mean-

“You didn’t mean to channel that much,” I finish for her, tone low. “But you did.”

She looks down at the ruined parchment, guilt flickering across her face like a shadow, I see the tremor in her hands, the exhaustion behind her bravado. Power that strong doesn’t come without a cost. And it wasn’t rune magic that answered her. It was something far older. Something I’ve only ever read about in sealed records and only seen at war. Siphoning…but it cant be, can it?

I study her closely, careful not to let the suspicion show. If she is what I think she is, then she’s dangerous, not because she means harm, but because this world will destroy her if they find out.

“Energy doesn’t rebel, Miss Rivers,” I tell her softly. “It follows the one it recognises. The one who commands it.” My gaze lingers on the blackened paper. “Tell me… who taught you to channel like that?”

She hesitates.

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What Are you, Little One?

“No one,” she says finally.

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