The morning I left for Evermoor Academy was colder than I thought it would be, even though the calendar said it was still summer. My packed bag sat by the door, reminding me this wasn’t a nightmare I could just wake up from. Every time I saw it, my stomach flipped. The bag was too small for what I was feeling. Just some shirts, jeans, shoes, notebooks, pens, and the necklace Dad gave me for my seventeenth birthday, that’s all. It didn’t seem like much, but it felt like I was carrying my whole life. I made pancakes anyway because it felt wrong to leave without giving Dad something warm before the day fell apart. Dad was already at the table when I walked in, holding his coffee mug with both hands. He hadn’t taken a drink. His eyes looked far away, sad in a way that made my chest hurt. “Morning,” I said quietly, putting the plate in front of him. He blinked, like he’d forgotten where he was. “You didn’t have to do this, Aria.” “I know.” I sat down across from him, resting my chin o
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