Aristia noticed that they weren't headed in the direction of the garden. Instead, they entered a room where chairs had been arranged around a table.
After everyone took their seats, a servant came forward and poured tea into their teacups.
"How is it in the academy?" Juno had already begun asking.
Ivan decided to answer.
As he spoke, everyone turned to listen to him.
Aristia only took a glance at him before focusing on the tea in her teacup, deliberately ignoring him.
Ivan noticed her action and frowned slightly, wondering what was wrong. Had he done something wrong?
But when Wade asked him another question, his attention was diverted.
Alaric noticed Aristia's actions but didn't comment on it.
Aristia had been avoiding visiting the three who had been away at the academy. She always said she was busy, but Alaric could tell that that wasn't the case.
He wondered what any of them had done, but no matter how hard he thought, he couldn't figure it out.
