Sophie smiled. But the words kept crashing around her mind, sharpening every time they hit. And when her next two throws struck the same mark—without her even trying—she realized why the idea felt so prickly. There’d been a moment in Nightfall when Vespera had told Sophie’s friends: I suspect the moonlark could tear these halls down stone by stone if she truly unleashed herself. She’d been taunting Sophie at the time—trying to make her lose her temper—and Sophie had refused to give in. But . . . Could Grizel and Vespera both be right? Sophie already knew she was part of a genetic experiment.
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