“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…