Sera’s POVThe breakfast tasted like cardboard though it was the same breakfast i have had everyday but now it tasteless. I chewed and swallowed mechanically, painful aware of the four powerful boys surrounding me. To any outsider, it might have looked like a normal morning for the Academy’s elite circle, but to us, the air was electric, charged with the debris of the life I’d just blown up."I can't do this," Luca muttered suddenly. He pushed his plate away; the chair let out a loud screech against the floor. He didn't look at me—and he walked out without another word.River watched him go, then looked at me with a sad, complicated smile before following him. "Give them space," River murmured as he passed Kael.Then there we were, two. Well, three, if you counted Alexander, who remained at the end of the table like a wall clock."Alexander," Kael said, his voice dropping to that dangerous frequency whenever he was furious. "Leave."Alexander didn't move at first. He looked at me,
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