Ten
Years. I’ve spent years working toward my dream of becoming a guardian. Training in secret, saving lives the Guild never even knew were in danger, and then studying my butt off for all those exams I had to pass before anyone would allow me into fifth year. And then what happens? One moment in the wrong place at the wrong time, and everything I’ve ever wanted is about to be snatched away from me.
No. That isn’t going to happen.
I pace from one side of my living room to the other, refusing to accept that this could be the end of my guardian career. It can’t be. It won’t be. Not when I look at things logically. There are flaws in the system, but at its core, the Guild represents justice and truth. They don’t want to lock up innocent people. They want to find the real criminals. And whe
