"Teacher will make extra-challenging puzzles for you next time. Is that okay?" she added. Lucian gave her a single nod.
After checking on Lucian's neat worksheet, Alina slowly stepped back. She turned her eyes around the classroom, letting her gaze drift from desk to desk.
She saw Boo, upside down as usual, floating above his worksheet like a lazy cloud. Drake, his little tongue poking out, was scribbling all over his page turning his dragon doodle into something even more chaotic but clearly loved. Rocky sat so still, his pencil gripped tight in his big hands as he carefully connected dots on his stone maze, his cheeks pink with shy focus.
And there — Alina's eyes softened when she found Luna. Her grumpy little wolf was hunched over her desk, pigtails bobbing as she traced lines and colored in tiny trees on her forest page. Her nose twitched now and then,
