Chapter 131: They Got Her Back
Evaline:
The morning air was carrying a soft breeze, rustling the hedges and stirring the wildflowers that were dotting the secluded garden behind the dormitory buildings.
The early morning sunlight was filtering through the branches of the weeping willows, creating golden patches across the stone bench where I was sitting.
The particular garden was one of the Academy’s quieter places, one of the few that rarely saw any students, especially on a Saturday morning. Most were either asleep or in the dining hall, dragging themselves through the first day of the weekend.
But I wasn’t alone.
Rowan was sitting on my right with elbows resting on his knees and eyes fixed on the gravel path as if it held the answers to all of life’s questions. Kyros was on my left, leaning back against the bench’s curve with his arms crossed and brows deeply furrowed.
No one spoke for what felt like forever.
I knew why. My heart hadn’t stopped thudding since I made the confession. There was no way to pretend anymore. The truth was out.
There were two people who noticed things around me, about me, and those two wanted answers. While one of them got his answers the night before, I bestowed the same grace on the second one just moments ago after dragging him to this garden.
Kyros reaction was almost identical to Rowan’s from the night before. He was stunned. Silent. And eyes wide with disbelief.
And I didn’t blame either of them. I had practically dropped a bomb in their laps.