Ember’s POV
He met my gaze, his eyes cold as usual…
Lucas turned his attention back to the front of the class. I quickly hurried to the only seat left and settled down beside him.
“Where were you?” he asked quietly so our instructor wouldn’t hear.
“Huh?” I asked back.
“Don’t play dumb, I know you weren’t in the academy all this while,” he said, giving me a pointed look.
Wait! Since when did Lucas start keeping track of my activities?
“None of your business,” I answered coldly.
“Since today is the first class of this week, that means I will be having another project,” Professor Lark announced.
Murmurs and groans from all the students filled the room. Honestly, I wasn’t even bothered; I was happy actually.
I preferred when we had to work on projects since I got to do schoolwork on
