by Callie Rose
But there wasn’t any.
A red glow lit up a foreign terrain, all sharp edges and blackness. I rubbed my eyes and looked again.
A cave? An endless cave. Stalactites kissed stalagmites, making it feel like I was looking through the teeth of some massive monster. Lava bubbled out of a crack, forming a glowing red stream which snaked across the black ground.
Xero took a sharp breath beside me. I looked up at him and was terrified to see silver tears trickling down his cheeks.
“I don’t think we’re on Mönkh Saridag anymore,” I breathed, my voice catching.
“You think?” Kingston said sharply.
Kai took a shuddering breath. “Xero. Is this—are we—?”
“The underworld.” The fire demon’s voice was stark. “Everything. All of us. The whole school.”
Hannah wailed. I held her close to me as she sobbed.
“We all failed,” she choked through her sobs. “We must’ve failed our exams. We’re all banished!”
I shook my head, a grim realization filling my heart with lead. Whatever Owen had been trying to do in that room deep below the castle, we hadn’t stopped it in time. I’d thought he was trying to attack the school—but all along, he’d been trying to move it.
“No. You didn’t fail,” I promised her. “I did.”
The six of us stood in solemn silence, looking out over the dark, fiery landscape. A single bitter thought filled my head.
Welcome home, Xero.
To Be Continued…
Fallen University: Year Two is coming soon!
If she thought year one at Fallen University was rough, year two may prove hellish…
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