Ember’s POV
For five solid seconds, I felt like I couldn’t breath. I turned to Mira, only to see her looking like she was holding her breath too.
Killian.
He was here.
Right here on school grounds, in the flesh.
I swallowed in disbelief, “Mira…”
“I can’t believe it either,” Mira said, perfectly capturing the essence of what I wanted to say. “Wait, what is he doing here? Why is he here?”
My hands trembled like I had been struck by a livewire and I pulled a step away from Mira, instinctively moving to catch my journal that had trembled out of my hold.
“Is that you panicking?”
“I’m not…” I tried to deny but realised I couldn’t get the rest of my words out without giving away the fact that I actually was panicking the f**k out.
“Okay, fine!” I hissed. “I’m panicking, now what?”
“Wh
