Looking across the table, Emily let out a quiet sigh.
"Listen..."
She went on to narrate her meeting with Edmund, Warren, and Xander Grey.
Talia and Lucian silently listened until she was done, the latter clearing the food on his plate at an equally alarming rate.
"So what do you guys think?"
Lucian silently shrugged, continuing to sip on his drink.
"You really want to take part?"Talia asked, her lips curling into a small smile.
Emily thoughtfully stared at her drink, slowly swirling it around with a bendy straw. Her reflection stared back at her, distorting weirdly in the shifting fluid.
"I..."
A shrill sound suddenly cut her off.
"That's the bell..."
Lucian got up.
Picking up his tray, he abruptly paused, staring into the distance.
"I don't particularly care what you want to do. But if you want to give it a shot then go for it. "
With that, he walked off.
Emily lingered watching his disappearing form.
