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CHAPTER 66
~Spring's POV~
The crowd screamed. And from the corners of my eyes, I saw many student pushing forward as it to catch me.
"Spring!" I heard someone shout. Maybe Jace. Maybe Eva. I didn't know.
I tasted iron and pride.
"Get up, Solstice. You cannot let a nuisance teen upstage you. Solstice!" Jade screamed in my head, forcing my eyes to stay open.
Immediately her healing kicked in, to help with the pain.
"Get up!" I told myself and immediately, I moved.
I clawed at a nearby rung and hoisted myself up. Every cell in my body shrieked in protest, but I kept going.
Lilith was ascending the last few meters, her figure a blur of motion but I didn't stop.
Not when the blood dripped from my knuckles.
Not when my skin burned from the shocks.
I climbed.
I climbed until I reached the second-highest point… just as Lilith's hand slapped the sigil at the top.
A blinding light erupted.
A low cheer exploded from the stands and I knew what it meant.
