Evaline:
The night was cool. Stars were littering the sky like scattered salt, and laughter echoed off the stone walkways of the Academy as we walked back toward the dorms.
Noah was animatedly retelling a story about how one of the second-year students accidentally turned his eyebrows into moss during class, and both Ria and Mallory were nearly in tears from laughing. Even I found myself smiling, the weight of the Council and River was temporarily forgotten in their easy company.
Then my phone buzzed in my pocket.
I fished it out and blinked at the name on the screen: Professor Kieran.
Are you free for a moment? I'd like to speak with you in my office.
"You alright?" Kyros asked when I halted in my steps.
"Yeah." I slid the phone back into my pocket. "I need to stop by Professor Kieran's office. He wants to talk about something."
"You want me to come?" he offered, all casual and unbothered, but I could tell from the slight crease between his brows that he was serious.
