Chapter 102: What's Happening?
Elara’s POV
“Are you gay? Be free with us, Eli. There’s nothing to hide,” Ian asked, his voice gentle like he was trying not to scare me off... except it had the opposite effect. My spine stiffened and I blinked slowly at him, wondering if smacking him with my textbook would be too suspicious.
Beside him, Drake was giving me a glare so sharp I could feel it carving lines into the side of my face. The guy had been staring daggers at me ever since Lucian chopped off a student’s hand two weeks ago for touching me. And now… this.
“Ian,” I said flatly, “I’m trying to solve calculus, not come out.”
“But Eli,” he continued, brows pinched like he was the president of the Emotional Support Club, “we’d never judge you. We’re your friends. And if we need to defend
