As everyone swallowed hard at the sudden revelation, Asher alone remained unbothered. His expression was calm, as though the words had not carried the weight they did for the others.
He had already predicted that something similar would happen, largely because of the way Jane had so firmly stressed the importance of standing in the lobby precisely by seven o'clock.
That was the very reason he had chosen to arrive ten minutes earlier than required, just in case any unexpected changes occurred.
The Star Academy was renowned for its mysterious and unorthodox traditions, one of which was the peculiar custom of making parents, or whoever happened to be responsible for a child who had just entered the Academy for the first time, wait for three to four days after the new entrants were taken away into the Separate Dimension.
