Beyond the Veiled Stars

Previously

…I was left standing there, my own hands trembling, the echo of that uncontrolled surge of power thrumming through my veins. The whispers were still there, but now they were laced with a triumphant, hungry murmur. Seraphina Thorne had seen something in me that day, something that had clearly shaken her. And in her reaction, I had glimpsed not just a rival, but a mirror, reflecting a power within me that was both intoxicating and deeply, terrifyingly unknown. The rivalry, I suspected, was only just beginning. And the stakes, as Seraphina herself had hinted, were far higher than mere academic prowess.