Chapter 64: Press Conference
The council chamber of Arcadia Academy was shrouded in tension. Golden chandeliers flickered above, their light catching on the polished mahogany table where the senior staff had gathered.
Principal Herald Crimson sat at the head, broad-shouldered and iron-willed, his crimson cloak a heavy weight over his chair. His sharp eyes swept over the room like blades. Beside him stood Vice Principal Sophia Emberheart, her expression calm but her folded hands betraying a quiet unease.
Around them, the instructors shifted in their seats—Alastor Greythorn leaning back with arms crossed, Sara Everheart fussing with the cuffs of her robe, Garrick Dawson glaring as though the very word "demons" was an insult carved into his skin.
The silence was broken at last by Herald's voice, deep and steady.
"Report."