If Roan felt relief upon seeing her, he didn't outwardly display it.
As Autumn approached, the crowd around Roan was quick to part. She didn't need to say a word. Her mere presence was enough to make them disperse, though not without a few sneers and grumbles from the girls who had surrounded Roan.
"Roan, we've got to go," she announced cheerfully, and Roan didn't hesitate. He seized the opportunity to escape.
"Yes, we do need to leave," he declared. "I'm sorry, girls, but Autumn and I have somewhere important to be."
The moans and groans that erupted made a lot of people look in that direction, but Autumn and Roan had already vanished. The two were so focused on their escape that they failed to notice three girls in a corner, urgently whispering to each other and then bursting into un
