Presentation day arrived with a kind of quiet intensity that settled over Silvercrest Academy.Students moved faster. Voices dropped lower. Even the professors seemed more alert.Sherephina walked into the hall as she always did—steady, composed, unreadable.But today, eyes followed her more than usual.Because today—She wasn’t alone.Jewel stood beside her at the front of the hall, flipping her pen lazily between her fingers.“Nervous?” she asked.Sherephina adjusted her notes.“No.”Jewel smirked.“Good. Because I am.”Sherephina glanced at her.“…You don’t look it.”Jewel leaned closer slightly.“That’s because I’m good at hiding things.”A brief pause.Sherephina didn’t respond—but she remembered that.When their names were called, the room went silent.Jewel started first.Her voice was smooth, confident, almost effortless as she introduced their topic. She didn’t rush. She didn’t stumble. She held attention like it was something she owned.Then Sherephina took over.And the r
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