"Is it her? Is she Ash's new girl?"

"No, it can't be. She's just a commoner. She doesn't even come close to Ash's standards."

"Maybe she threatened him?"

"Wow, and now I'm the one who's making threats," I said, shaking my head as I listened to two students gossiping, not realizing I was right in front of them, reading a book.

Well, it makes sense—they couldn’t see me since my face was hidden behind the book.

This is the only way I know how to hide. Things happened so quickly that I didn’t ...