Celeste's POV
*****
The following ten to twenty minutes were a hard watch.
For every other student of Blood Oak Academy and me.
White Flame proved they weren't here to play, owning the pocket dimension as if they've done this a thousand times already. It just didn't make sense to me.
Yet at the same time... It did.
Every maneuver. Every close encounter with the representatives from our school. Every illusion Vein beast taken down—it all piled more anxiety amongst us.
"Which side was I betting on again?" Willow whispered to me, expression nervous.
I glared at her, prompting her to raise her arms in defeat. "I'm just saying. Just... Look at what's happening right now."
And I did. Oh, gods, I did.
While our hunters struggled against the illusion Vein beasts, White Flame's side seemed to have it easier. Maybe too easy.
