Chapter 52 Lucian Drakenhart
She chased after him down the hallway. His broad frame was closer in sight; she sprinted down the hall. But as she was almost about to reach him, his grey eyes locked on hers—then, as if everything was an illusion, he disappeared into thin air.
By the time Olivia got to where he was standing, she couldn’t find even a trace of him. She angrily hit the wall. "Sh*t," she inhaled deeply.
Before she could dwell on it, the sound of the bell rang loudly, summoning all the students to the assembly hall.
Soon, everyone gathered in the morning assembly courtyard. Whispers buzzed—a talk of a transfer student from the Suncrest Fortress—but no one knew for sure if the rumour was valid or not. So all the students waited patiently to see if the news was the cake or the icing on top.
Michael Thomson, the headmaster, walked to the elevated platform. "Ahem, I believe most of you have heard about the news of a student transferring to our academy and home," he paused, gauging the students’ reactions.
"See, I told you so! You know my father works with the higher-ups, so the news is valid," a student proudly said.
"But why was he transferred here?"
"I guess we can never tell."
"I thought we were enemies with Suncrest. Then why are we taking a student of theirs?"