Aurora's P.O.V

(One year later)

I let out a long, dramatic groan, leaning back in my chair and dragging my hand down my face.

"Do we really have to do this? I mean, we fought wraiths, we survived Harmona's curses, we literally saved this entire town, and now we're... filling out college applications? That feels like the lamest kind of punishment."

Caroline looked at me from across the table with that calm, patient smile of hers, though I could tell her eyes ...