Kingdom of Today (Book of Arden #2)

That which you see shall pass like shadows at dusk; set your eyes upon the unseen, for therein dwells those things that endure beyond time.

I glowed, radiant and unstoppable, my skin emitting golden rays as intense as the sun. There, amid combat, surrounded by teammates, with hidden cameras capturing each second, I silently declared my true allegiance, and I could do nothing about it.

Fear and panic collided, icy shards slicing through every other emotion, leaving me momentarily frozen in place. But.

None of the barons or trainees noticed. Not even when a handful of maddened rotated in my direction, abandoning their opponents to concentrate on me. But I thought Cyrus once told me the infected avoided the light?