Evaline:
The weekend vanished like smoke between my fingers. One blink, and I was back at the Academy again, wrapped in the endless rhythm of classes, lectures, and hurried notes scribbled before the bell rang.
It was strange... how time flew so quickly when I was with my mates and Lioren, yet stretched unbearably long the moment I was away from them.
By Monday morning, I was already missing home... missing them. But life didn't pause for anyone, least of all a student trying to survive midterm chaos. Two tests were already lined up, and several professors were in a competitive mood to see who could assign the most assignments.
At least I had my friends. Between Mallory's jokes, Kyros's silent snacks shared during lectures, and Noah's dramatic sighs every time he forgot an answer, I somehow managed to survive the first day of the week.
But while the Academy's pace had returned to normal, everything else hadn't.
