Chapter 57

Leaving the hearing, Medra insists to Blake that sparing Regan was the right choice, rejecting more bloodshed after Naveen’s death. Blake challenges whether mercy was deserved, but Medra claims the responsibility as hers. Their argument turns intimate as Blake demands to know if she wants him to kill for her.

Pressed together in an alcove, Blake confesses that he realized during the Games he would do anything for Medra, even kill. Medra resists the idea of violence in her name, but Blake asserts she would never need to ask. Their tension breaks into a desperate, consuming kiss, with Blake barely restraining his predatory edge.

Kage Tanaka interrupts, summoning Blake for his uncle. Blake leaves, promising “later,” while Kage pointedly observes the intensity he witnessed. Walking Medra toward the First Year dormitory, Kage cautions that Blake will break her heart and that the Drakharrows ultimately seek power.

Medra rebuffs Kage’s concern, accusing him of hypocrisy, but Kage maintains he is not pretending otherwise. He urges caution, hinting that something in the balance is shifting and that Lord Drakharrow senses it on the horizon. Medra denies sensing anything, yet Kage suggests she might be avoiding the truth. Medra returns to the tower unsettled, still drawn powerfully to Blake and haunted by Kage’s warning.