Lopt leaned back, still smirking as he stretched lazily. "Hold those thoughts about Emmeranne for now," he murmured, his eyes glinting with amusement. "I have other matters to attend to."
Without another word, he pushed himself up from the table and strolled off, heading toward the fourth-year students without a care in the world.
Aiden, Adrian, and Sevan watched him go, each of them lost in their own thoughts.
The rest of breakfast was unnervingly quiet- at least from their side.
Because Emmeranne was watching them.
She wasn't staring outright, but every now and then, Aiden caught her gaze flickering toward them. Every time he turned to meet it, she had already looked away, as if nothing had happened.
Adrian noticed, too, because at some point, he muttered, "She's been looking this way for a while."
Aiden wasn't sure whether that was a good thing or not.
The tension didn't fade, not even when breakfast ended.
