Whispers Between The Walls
him again f
d, where he usually passed through with a group of poli
ed. Quietly.
cted like it
I kept glancing toward th
ernoon, stirring sugar into her te
ebrow. "You do
al. That's kind of his superpower. Looking like
watching m
... inte
oo long
Oh, you are. God, Elena. That's lik
oked away. "I'm
d thing," she said gently
-
when I saw
ross the stone like a painting coming to life. I was on my way back fr
as t
e he'd been caught between a meeting and a memory. His tie was loose. Ha
ooked like that.
expression was far away - like
gaze shifte
rything
-
dn't
dn't
ent, it felt like the entire campus had gone still. Li
quietly, and walked
n't f
y pul
-
at my desk, trying to read for History of Empire, but the
d. Not
hing
like rec
-
, he sat alone d
ever h
st stirred his tea, untouched. Fingers tight around the cup. His friends surrounded him b
ollowed
rent," she murmure
know what
"You're a t
t say an
dn't ha
. "He asked about
ze. "
weren't at the comm
did he
He asked if you
was
uestion about
t t
chest flutter in the mos
-
found a note
d. Un
chedule like it had
tower. Sunset. Do
as no s
dn't nee
d've ig
I di
-
xcept during ceremonies. Or detentions. The stairs groaned under my
pushed the doo
er the west woods. The sun was sinking behind the trees, bleeding
turn when
dn't do this kind
et for a m
don
why
ng on mine like a question h
he said. "That's
-
More than space, really - there were rules. Houses. Rep
l, there
asked you here,"
why di
esit
alked
d my
like the oth
posed to be
aid. "It's
-
ence pr
d something I
ed me s
co
raven crest on the other. The
this?" I
give you when they decide you mig
lse j
e part
dn't
ou showing
in," he said, "ther
at the coin. T
red me," I said. "You c
ly. "I've been playing
d see it-beneath the calm, the poli
aking in him. Qui
w, I was p
e said, voice lower now. "Le
n't c
sho
idn't mo
the coin back. The touch was light. Barely the
d if he f
thless second, I
back. The moment bro
t be here,"
But that's exact
-
er before the
oud. My hands
n my coat pocket...
t taken