✤ Adrian ✤
Something was wrong. I felt it before I could name it, like a quiet shift in the air, a thread pulled too tightly, a change so subtle anyone else would have missed it. But I didn’t miss it. I felt it everywhere.
Sera was pulling away from me.
I tried not to jump to conclusions. People got busy. Students, especially, midterms were approaching, papers were piling up, and assignments growing teeth. But this wasn’t just her being busy. This was something else entirely. She hadn’t texted me back. She wasn’t answering my calls. And she hadn’t come by the house. And today, she hadn’t shown up for class. That last one was what turned my worry into something sharp. Sera didn’t miss class. Not mine. She was always there, early, even, bright-eyed, focused, hiding her secrets behind cal
