Evaline:
The night had settled over the forest by the time I finished replying to the messages on my phone.
The glow of the screen briefly illuminated my hands before I locked it and set it down beside me on the wooden table.
The group chat with my friends had been… chaotic, to say the least.
Apparently, disappearing right after the last class of the day without warning was not something they were willing to ignore.
Noah: Where did you vanish??
Ria:Don't tell me you are again in the library.
Mallory: Eva… we had a rune assignment.
Mallory: Together.
I had sighed when I first opened the chat. The messages kept coming.
Noah: Wait.
Noah: Did she ditch us for her student?
Ria:Oh my god she totally did.
Mallory:EVA.
I had quickly typed back.
Relax. I'm out with Kieran. Something important came up.
But that only made things worse.
Ria:OUT WITH PROFESSOR KIERAN??
Noah:She absolutely ditched us.
Mallory:You abandoned us for secret mate time on a weekday.
