Chapter 11

ELORA'S POV After Lucian and Nora left, the silence in the air settled like dust. The Academy halls buzzed with talk of what went down earlier, but I ignored it all. I hung around a bit longer, pretending to dig around my bag in search of something, waiting for my heart to cease echoing in my ears. My chest still ached from the force of Nora’s embrace, but the word Mama slipping past her lips did a great job in soothing the ache in seconds. The word played repeatedly in my mind. I hadn't realised how badly I needed to hear that until she'd spoken it. My pocket vibrated, pulling me back into reality. A call from selene. “El,” she said the moment I picked up. “Can you come get me from the office? My car battery died again. I swear this car is cursed.” “Yea, I'm still at the Academy, I’II be there in fifteen minutes.” I got to her after twenty minutes due to little traffic. Selene threw her bag into the backseat and slid into the passenger side, humming a tune under her breath. The drive