Elara's POV
Ravin found me between classes on Friday morning, falling into step beside me in the east corridor like he had been waiting for exactly this moment, and I looked up at him knowing something was coming because with Ravin something was always coming, he never appeared beside me without a reason and he never made small talk just to fill the silence.
We walked for a few seconds before he said it, his voice easy and unhurried the way it always was when he had already decided something and was simply informing me of it rather than asking.
"Meet me at the old oak tomorrow afternoon, I am taking you out."
I slowed slightly, turning to look at him, "Students cannot just leave campus, Ravin, there are sign out procedures and permissions and I cannot just walk off school grounds on a
