Chapter 24: Night School

Nyx's POV

“Where are we going?” I asked Aunt Garcia whose wiry fingers were wrapped around my wrists as she dragged me along with her through the west woods.

All that greeted my ears were the chirping of crickets and the hoots of an eastern screech owl reverberating through the forest and I wondered if Aunt Garcia heard my question.

Night had completely befallen us now and the only measly source of light was the crescent moon that shone in the midst of twinkling stars.

A shudder coursed through me as icy wind drifted to and fro. I was cold, tired and hungry, letting Aunt Garcia pull me along as she took long strides through the bushy paths.

I might have been surrounded with darkness, but it was clear as day that we weren’t heading back to the dorms, except this was an unfamiliar route I’d never taken before.

Several moments passed and we were still plunging deeper into the woods. The alarms in my head began to go off, fear slowly crippling my racing mind.

“A-Aunt Garcia…” I stutter