[Calyra's POV]
The silence weighed down on everyone inside the private quarters.
Squad 2, Calyra's squad, had long since finished discussing their strategy for the island test, yet not a single person spoke.
The reason was simple.
The warning they had just received had left a shadow hanging over their hearts. No one dared question it, nor did anyone wish to test whether it was true. Some truths, after all, were never meant to be challenged, and everyone in that room understood that all too well.
Calyra stood slightly apart from her squad as she often did.
Her gaze was fixed beyond the porthole, watching the slow churn of the waves. She wasn't ignoring the statement from the academy. No, the fear had reached her too, but she simply held it differently.
While the others clung to caution, her mind had drifted into what had been said and what had been left unsaid.
What manner of darkness could silence the Island so completely?
