Bella:

"Are my eyes deceiving me, or is that Noah?" Kai asked as the rest of us tried to force words out of our mouths the moment he walked up to Mother and Alpha Fred, who were conversing a few inches away from us.

"Good evening, Principal Evelyn and Alpha Fred," he said to them, offering a bow.

We all glanced at each other, knowing this was part of the plan to solidify the story that no student had died.

"I'm going over there," I said to my friends, then I left the ...