"Are you okay?" Liora asked, placing her hands on my wrist, and I trembled.
"Don't worry about what she said, it's merely her suspicion," she added, but that only made my tummy churn in greater discomfort.
"I'm okay, just a bit tired," I lied, and she nodded. She walked off and strode toward her eagle beast-man, while I just stood there at the edge, staring as the academy looked farther away and became smaller.
"Peace and quiet is so good," I mumbled and turned my gaze to the sky, admiring how blue it was and how wide the clouds were, when suddenly I felt a hot breath behind me. I turned instinctively, but there was no one.
My beast-men seemed busy, and Liora was with hers... what just happened? I thought, still panting heavily, when Azrael met my gaze. I flashed a forced smile and looked away that second.
"You look super cute!" he said, and a forced smile curved on my lips.
