I was nervous for my next class, especially after what happened between me and my friend. I needed to clear the air, but no Aellyn.
I scoured the hall for the springy head of pink hair, desperate to talk to her. I hadn’t seen her since she agreed to join the Ravens and I didn’t.
Was she alright?
Maybe it had been a ruse. Maybe they didn’t recruit her. Maybe she was dead. Maybe—
“Morning!” the Wood Elf chirped as she took her place behind me in the class line-up.
I stared at her new blue uniform, startled with her sudden appearance. “Morning.”
She followed my gaze and twirled around, showing off her new clothing. “What do you think?”
“Umm... Very blue.”
“Looks good, huh?”
“Yeah.”
Was she mad at me? She didn’t seem to be, but then again, I wasn’t the best at reading people’s emoti
