AVERY
Lunch had been… fun.
"It has been a while," Ember said. "Since I saw you smile like that. It feels good.. to see you like this."
"I missed... everything, Ember. A lot, because of Kylen." I sighed.
"It is okay, we escaped."
FUN.
That still felt like a foreign word on my tongue. Fun. Something I hadn’t had in what felt like forever. Not real, not like this. Not when you’re always eating alone, trapped in golden cages and false smiles. Not when the table is full of silence and betrayal, instead of laughter and flirty jabs and playful fights over the last bread roll.
Here, there had been teasing and warmth and laughter and friendships that had been unexpectedly formed. Belinda’s cooking. Blaze’s smirk. Thier’s questions. Shade's burnig look. Court's comments. Even Marcus had smile
