Chapter 85: Peaceful Friday
Evaline:
Friday mornings always felt deceptively energetic at Silver Moon. Not because the day itself was special, but because it was the last day of the long weeks of studies and everyone was excited about the weekend.
Rowan had a fixed timing of appearing and disappearing. He returned daily at midnight and left around five-thirty in the morning.
Though he always made sure to stay as silent as possible, I was still a light-sleeper and knew exactly when he came and went away.
During the second week, once I was sure of his timings, I created a schedule for myself. I started sleeping at ten o’clock and waking up at six in the morning. After making my bed and freshening up within ten minutes, I spent next forty-five minutes doing prenatal pilates and prenatal yoga.
At seven o’clock, I would head for showers and get ready within thirty minutes. Since classes started at nine, I always had enough time for breakfast, stroll around the academy grounds with my friends, or for even some early morning self-study.
This particular morning, I just finished getting ready for the classes when my phone buzzed on the side table.
As I picked it up, I was mostly expecting the usual morning alerts from the school bulletin or an update from Mallory about breakfast. Instead, I found a small lineup of messages waiting for me... and not from who I was expecting.
Professor Kieran:
Good morning, Evaline. Just checking in - how’s the class preparing for Monday’s quiz? Hope the study guides I sent helped. Looking forward to seeing everyone’s progress.
I smiled despite myself. It was him being himself - kind, diligent, and painfully unaware that more than half of the class was dying to perform well in his subject, if not all. Still, his faith in me felt oddly grounding.