Chapter 7
The whispers started the moment she stepped into the school, flanked though she was by the solid figures of Paris and Jedrick. Eyes flicked to the group, then forward, as if they had not been itinerant at all. Jeanne did not really notice, much, until Paris stiffened beside her and almost bared her teeth in a growl. It was less protective, more annoyed, as if she had been bitten by a mayfly. The rest of the long walk down the hallway, Paris was tensed as if ready to run off. Jedrick was given the privilege of retreat instead, dropped off in Armand’s classroom. Jeanne saw a faint sliver of the young teacher’s shocked face before she left for her own class.
Paris left Jeanne’s side to gossip with other girls as soon as she spotted them; nothing had changed in that respect. Still
