Chapter 60

VALERIA. The weight of my mother and Stefano in my arms is getting more and more painful the farther I go up, but I hold on still, trying to get them as far away from the sinking School. The wind is roaring in my ears. The gravity of the hole below is like a vacuum, pulling me down and fighting against the power of the bat-like wings on my back. However, I just flap them as hard as I can, trying to remain balanced as I swerve farther away. I look down, watching the darkness swallow every brick like a hungry mouth… until there is nothing left. The School that I have come to respect and love, is now completely gone. Along with the horrors that came with it. I’m free now. From the prophecy, from the promise of power that can only be used for wrongdoing. And now all that’s left to do is rebuild. * * * “So… let me get this straight: the School is completely gone, Professor Blossom is a power-hungry bastard, and you’re half-vampire, but you’re actually good and won’t eat me?” “Yes, t