Chapter 29
Even seeing the courtyard for the second time,I was astonished by its beauty.
“Here we are,”Merrin told me as we stood before the steps that led up to the double doors leading into the girls’dorm.
Above them,just like the doors of the main building,was a carved sigil.This one,however,was different from the last.A circle sat at its centre with two crescent moons placed back to back on either side.
“That is the sigil of the triple Goddess,”Merrin explained to me.“As the personification of the moon herself,Selene sits in the centre with her sisters to her left and right.”
Even as she said the words,I felt a deep pulsing inside of me that definitely wasn’t my heart.
Welcome my daughter.The voice spoke in my head once more,and I began to tremble for what felt like the millionth time that night.
“Ascend the steps and look upon your new home,”Merrin instructed me,and I did asshe said.