Chapter 4
“DO YOU KNOW what this is about?” I asked Olivia, walking beside her around the back of the main building. When we’d arrived at the training wing a few minutes ago, we found a notice telling all trainees to head to the arena. I’d never seen anything here resembling an arena, and I was starting to wonder if this was some kind of joke on the new girl.
Olivia pointed to the left of the menagerie at a square stone building about as big as a small church, with a domed roof like the one on the menagerie. Tall thin windows covered by iron bars shaped like leafy vines lined the side facing us, and I could see an arched doorway framed with the same decoration. Standing in front of the building were the other trainees, Sahir, and the woman who had come into the training room with Tristan
