Vice Principal Dubois's office was smaller than Kael expected.
The twelve students stood in a loose semicircle before her desk, the space tight enough that shoulders nearly touched. Bookshelves lined every wall, stuffed with files and folders rather than books. A single window behind Dubois offered a view of Orion's triple sunset—three suns dipping below the horizon in staggered sequence, painting the sky in shades of amber, crimson, and deep violet.
"Here." She slid a thin folder across the desk. Karacus picked it up, opened it, and passed it to Kael, who stood at the center of the semicircle.
Fifteen names. Fifteen academies.
1. Empyrean Celestial Academy
2. Heaven's Gate Academy
3. Astral Zenith Academy
4. Imperial Academy
5. Scorched Earth Institute
6. Neon Abyss Academy
7. Obsidian Edge Academy
8. The Iron Nexus Academy
9. Sylvan Star Academy
10. The Axis Mundi
11. New Dawn Academy
12. Blood Moon Academy
13. Primal Heart Academy
14. Therion War College
