Elara's POV The teacher rounded up the class, wrapping everything up with the usual reminders about assignments nobody was going to do until the last minute. Chairs scraped back, bags were zipped, and the noise level went from zero to chaos in about five seconds flat. People were already halfway out the door before he even finished talking. I was about to stand up when Ravin turned to look at me from across the room. He tilted his head slightly, the way he always did when he wanted me to come to him. I picked up my bag and walked over, dropping into the empty seat beside him while everyone else filed out around us. The classroom was emptying fast, which was fine, nobody was paying attention to us anyway. For a second he just looked at me, really looked at me, the kind of look that

