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"Mom, Dad! I got an S-rank! I can finally go to Northreach Greywolf Academy with Cillian!" The day I got my acceptance, I rushed into the living room. Silence. The house was empty. On the table lay three plane tickets. Mom, Dad, my sister. Destination: Northreach. Time: this morning. I stood frozen until my phone buzzed with a new video in the family chat. Mom and Dad were standing outside Northreach's black stone gates. Cillian handed Nessa a bouquet of sunflowers. "Congrats to our little princess, Nessa, on coming to Northreach!" They forgot me. They forgot our promise to go together. The city I fought so hard to reach--they had already taken someone else there. I walked back to my room in silence and changed my application to Solmere Moonshore Academy of Territorial Architecture. If they only have eyes for someone else... Then I'll go chase my own light. Chapter 1 "Mother, Father! I got an S-rank! I can finally go to Northreach Greywolf Academy with Cillian!" The day I got my acceptance, I rushed into the living room. Silence. The house was empty. On the table lay three plane tickets. Mother, Father, my sister. Destination: Northreach. Time: this morning. I stood frozen until my phone buzzed with a new video in the family chat. Mother and Father and Nessa stood in front of the black stone gate, and Cillian—in his school uniform—handed her a bouquet of sunflowers. "Congratulations to our little princess Nessa on making it to Northreach!" They forgot about me. Forgot the promise they'd made to come with me. The city I'd been running toward with everything I had—they'd already taken someone else there without me. I went back to my room without a word and changed my application to Solmere Moonshore Academy of Territorial Architecture. If they only had eyes for someone else now... then I'd go find my own light. ... "Do you think Maren will be upset that you all came here without her?" Nessa asked in the video, holding the flowers, her voice uncertain. Cilli
