The next day at school, things are back to normal. The cafeteria is all cleaned up like there was never a fire, to begin with. No one is even speaking about it anymore. Everyone is excited about the upcoming trip, and that's what the talk is about today. I'm anything but excited about interacting with royals and whatever they had planned. I didn't trust them. We have another sword training session this morning, and even though Adam and I came to school together this morning, somehow, I'm once again late to class. I'm sure that he hasn't noticed since squealing girls are all around him, trying their best to get his attention, just like I remembered from the first day he got here. School was never this frustrating for me until now. Our gazes lock, and my heart begins to beat faster tha