The next day, Eirin, Coleen, and Link were all summoned back to the Director's office. On their way there, Eirin immediately noticed Shade's absence.
'Wait! Why am I searching for him?'
Eirin bit her fingernails after they entered the Director's office and waited for Mr. Blade to arrive. Despite trying to suppress thoughts of him, Eirin wondered where Shade Cromwell could be.
Was he still unconscious? Did he remember what happened between the two of them? Would she be able to continue acting normal in front of him? A myriad of questions swirled in her mind.
"My apologies, children. I was caught up with something."
Mr. Blade arrived in the office, perspiring and breathless. "I will only be giving a brief admonition about the ordeal you endured." And so, Mr. Blade explained that the mission of bringing Phoenix to the academy must remain strictly confidential, never to be divulged to anyone else.
