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Chapter 7: Sera

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“Bro, you’re seriously becoming my favorite person here.” Luca said leaning in, with his arm casually slung across the back of the bench. “You have no idea how rare that is.”

I side-eyed him. “Uh… thanks?”

We were sitting out in the courtyard during lunch, enjoying the sun on our backs. I was halfway through biting into an apple when I realized Kael had been staring at us for a full minute from across the quad.

River leaned toward me and whispered behind his thermos, “Heads up buddy. Kael’s giving you the look.”

I blinked. “What look?”

“The kind like I’m two seconds away from setting someone on fire look,” he muttered, barely hiding his smirk. “ I'm pretty sure Luca’s gonna die first.”

Luca, who's oblivious as ever, grinned even wider. “Wanna skip afternoon classes with me? We can pretend we’re heading to study group and hit the lake instead. You look like you need a break, Seth.”

I laughed awkwardly. “Yeah, no. I actually want to survive this school year.”

“Oh, come on. You survive
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