My phone buzzed with a message just as I was finishing breakfast with Stella and Reika. The sender made me smile before I'd even read the content.
Aria: Big brother! Coffee today? Have news. Don't you dare say you're too important now š
Arthur: When have I ever been too important for my little sister?
Aria: Want a list? It's long
Arthur: Funny. Where?
Aria: Le Poilte. Same place as before. For old times' sake
I stared at the message for a moment, memories flooding back. Le Poilteāthe ridiculously expensive coffee shop where we'd gone eight years ago when she was fourteen and I was still a student at Mythos Academy. The place where someone had mysteriously bought us eighteen-thousand-dollar coffee, and I'd spent the entire meal calculating how much money we were consuming with each sip.
Arthur: That's expensive even for a celebration
Aria: Your treat this time š You can afford it now, Mr. Second Hero
