It was relatively quiet by the time Bailey and Anders made it back from the café. Anders dropped her off in front of my dorm before driving off to his dorm.

But sometime in the middle of the night, she wandered to his dormitory to speak about the furniture he'd shown her earlier. The night air was cool, and the lights from the academy buildings shimmered softly against the dusky backdrop of the campus.

When she got to the gate, she found Violet already standing at the front of his gate, ...