After the Training Beast is restrained, Voss arrives before the courtyard can clear and takes control of the evidence left behind. His first concern is Lyra’s strange crimson shield, not the students who were nearly killed. Celeste threatens Bram with exclusion if he names Kael as the one who broke the latch. Injured and frightened, Bram hesitates. Lyra refuses to speak for him, giving him room to choose. Surrounded by students who refuse to abandon him, Bram finally tells the truth: Kael struck the gate, the beast trapped him, and Lyra’s shield saved his life
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