{Elira}
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The hallway was quiet when I stepped out of the elevator. No voices, no footsteps. Just the hum of the lights above and the sound of my own heartbeat thudding steadily in my chest.
When I reached my dorm room door, I paused. I didn't hear anything from inside—no chatter, no laughter, no clatter of books or drawers. That meant they were in there… likely asleep.
I exhaled slowly and turned the handle.
The room greeted me with stillness, a soft sort of dimness pulled down by the lowered blinds. But one sharp pair of eyes met mine almost immediately.
Tamryn.
She was sitting up on her bed with her back against the headboard, a thick book resting open on her lap. Her expression was unreadable as she stared at me. Then, without a word, she turned back to her reading.
I closed the door gently behind me and remained standing there, unsure of what that silence meant.
