Ren finally met Liora in the academy gardens after classes, where she waited for him with an expression mixing determination and nervousness.
She wore a simple but elegant dress that highlighted her eyes, and had her hair arranged in a way that suggested she had put extra effort into her appearance. Undoubtedly against school regulations...
"Come with me," she told him, taking his arm without waiting for an answer.
Yet not even the director would say anything to her as long as she didn't go overboard anyway. As expected from Selphira's favorite mischievous granddaughter.
She led him farther from the common areas, away from the main paths toward a more solitary section of the academy grounds.
"I asked my grandmother to have any guards from Julius or ours keep a good distance so you wouldn't feel too watched," she explained as they moved.
