Trixtan and the others prepared for their sudden, terrifying mission, a rescue operation that had been thrown upon them with little warning. The air in the Queen's office, though free of the miasma, was thick with tension, with unresolved conflict and fear.
"You're not allowed to go with them, Shade Cromwell," Scarlett Jenkins's voice, sharp and commanding, cut through the tense silence. Shade, his form still trembling faintly with residual fatigue, had made a move to follow the four other students, his eyes fixed on the door, his mind already set on one destination: the Slumbering Slopes.
"If you really want to save Eirin Luxfield, stay here and let the others do the work. You are in no condition to go out there. You are a liability."
