LenaAdrian had been avoiding me.Not subtly.Not accidentally.He was doing it deliberately.For three days, I had watched him disappear whenever I entered a room.If I walked into the dining hall, he found a reason to leave.If I went to the training grounds, he suddenly had somewhere else to be.If our paths crossed in the corridors, his expression would harden before he turned away.At first, I told myself I was imagining it.After everything that had happened at Mooncrest, everyone was tense.The attack.The Lunar Order.The council.The revelation about my blood.There were enough reasons for Adrian to be distracted.But by the fourth day, I knew better.He was avoiding me.And I was tired of pretending not to notice.I stood at the end of the corridor, watching him disappear through the doors leading toward the west wing.My eyes narrowed."Not this time."I followed him.The west wing was usually quiet, especially during the afternoon.Most students avoided it because the clas
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