Freya's pov My roommate is human, which is a relief, because I can tell the moment I walk into the room, no supernatural scent or sharp awareness, just a regular guy who can’t sense I’m hiding something.“You must be Freddie,” he says, looking up from a textbook, sprawled across his bed with long arms and legs taking up space, strawberry blond hair falling over his eyes. “I’m Tyler, Tyler Chen.”“Nice to meet you,” I say, dropping my gear by the empty bed, which must be mine, two beds, two desks, two dressers, and a window overlooking the quad, just a normal dorm room where I have to live as someone else.“So what brings you to Crescent Moon mid-semester?” Tyler asks, closing his book, a thick biochemistry text, and continues, “Most people start in the fall.”I’ve practiced this lie a hundred times, so I say, “Family moved for my dad’s job, and I had to finish the semester at my old school first.”The words come out smooth now, too easy.“That sucks,” he says, then nods at my gear ba
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