Preface
 
 Raven
 
 That’s when I heard it.
 
 A roar that made my hair stand on edge.
 
 I wasn’t alone.
 
 I was in the dark with a monster.
 
 How had the others vanished so quickly? Where did Professor Halifax go? My pulse raced and I could feel tension spreading through my body. None of this made sense. Then again, I was in a school with magic. What did I expect?
 
 The practice trials had dragons. Honest to god, fire breathing, trying to kill me dragons.
 
 What the fuck kind of creature could be worse?