AuroraI didn't expect Mateo and Issac to be waiting for us so aggressively when we returned. "Took you so long to return, no?" Mateo asks, suspicion floating in his tone. I exchange a glance with Dylan, who is standing beside me like the happiest man alive. "The walk was long, and--"OMG! How was it!? Was it scary?" Maya pops up between Issac and Mateo, squeezing herself in the space between them. I part my lips to answer, but then everyone arrives one by one, crowding around the boys, leaving them standing a little awkwardly in the middle. I suppress a smile. "Yes, the trail was scary." Even the basket of red flags in my hands feels heavy. "Was it very scary?" Maya asks again, a little more animatedly this time. It's hard to control my smile this time, so I end up grinning a little. "If encountering ghosts on the way counts as very scary, then yes." I twist the real truth, enjoying the dark amusement I am getting out of scaring everyone except a few, like our cool and calm Ele
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