The spectators had watched Lilith go wild.
They had watched her power erupt. Watched her go berserk against students and even allies. Watched the broadcast capture every horrifying second.
And then they had watched everyone on that battlefield vanish.
Gone. In an instant. As if the ground had swallowed them whole.
Astrid was terrified. Just like the others standing beside her. Roxana, Elira, Seraphina. All of them wearing the same expression. Scared. Confused. Unable to process what their eyes had just witnessed.
Because they had seen more than the broadcast showed.
Before the teleportation, they had seen the dark mage professor performing some ritual. Hiding from the others. Working in the shadows while everyone's attention was fixed on Lilith's rampage.
And just behind her had been Jax.
Jax, leaning against a tree for support. His expression told everything. He was holding himself back.
