I should have dropped it.
Instead, I closed my fingers around it.
The silver piece was small enough to hide in my palm.
Cold enough to make my skin prickle.
“Luna?”
I quickly closed my hand.
Maya was watching me.
“What?”
“You've been staring at the forest for five minutes.”
“I have not.”
“You have.”
Ethan looked up from his notes.
“She has.”
I glared at both of them.
“Traitors.”
Maya laughed.
“What's in your hand?”
“Nothing.”
She raised an eyebrow.
“That's a terrible lie.”
Before I could answer, Mr. Hale called from across the clearing.
“Everyone! Five minutes. Then we're heading back.”
I slipped the silver piece into my pocket.
“See?”
Maya pointed at me.
“You're hiding something.”
“I'm always hiding something.”
She laughed.
I didn't.
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The rest of the after
