Chapter 27

“Through the doors is the library.It sits at the very centre of the Academy.Knowledge is at the heart of all we do here.”Merrin explained,gesturing at the doors that were carved with swirling patterns that somehow made me think that,if you could see it,that’s how the wind would look.

“To the left is the dining hall.”Merrin continued,gesturing at an equally ornate archway that was carved with what could only be described as fruit.Grapes,apples,oranges,bananas,pears.Any fruit you could think of it,it was carved there.

“Mother Earth watches over us,shielding and sustaining us so that we might grow strong on her bounty,”Merrin explained,and her tone had become almost hypnotizing.

Then she gestured to the archway opposite that was decorated in ocean waves.

“Through there are the lecturers quarters.Water flows through us,passing knowledge from one generation to the next.”

“Where is fire?”I said.