Amelia lowered her gaze as her mother's words settled over the table.
Her fingers slowly intertwined in her lap, and she nodded slightly, guilt written clearly across her face.
"Yeah…" she said quietly.
"…you're right, mom."
Her voice was soft and hesitant, almost as though she was afraid to speak any louder.
Across from her, Evangeline didn't immediately respond.
Instead, she seemed to drift into her own thoughts.
Her eyes rested on the table in front of her, but the distant look in them made it clear that her mind was somewhere else entirely.
'So this is why they've both been acting so weird…' she thought, softly biting her lips.
Over the past few days, both Noah and Amelia had been behaving differently.
Amelia had seemed distracted and nervous.
Noah had looked unusually tense, as if he was hiding something important.
And now everything made sense.
Noah had been suspended from the academy, and not even for a fair reason.
The thought made Evangeline's chest tighten.
