Elara's POV
"You need to go back," Ravin said, and it was the last thing I wanted to hear after everything he had just told me, after the walls had finally come down between us and there was nothing left to hide. "Before Principal Marcella realizes you are missing and starts asking questions we cannot answer."
I did not move. I was sitting on the edge of his bed, my hands still trembling slightly from the weight of the truth, from knowing exactly who he was and what that meant, and the thought of leaving this room, leaving him, felt like stepping back into a world that no longer made sense.
"Come with me," I said, and I watched his expression shift, watched him consider it for just a moment before he shook his head slowly.
"You could come back to school with me we could figure this o
