Evaline:
My fork froze halfway to my mouth.
Conversations across the hall began to quiet down as the group approached, led by Draven himself. Every step he took carried the kind of unintentional command that made people instinctively move out of the way.
He stopped beside our table, glancing at my friends first. "Mind if we join you?"
I could almost hear the collective what?! in everyone's heads.
There wasn't even a single empty chair. But of course, that didn't stop my friends.
"Of course not!" Noah said quickly, practically beaming. "Sit wherever you like!"
And as if that invitation was magic, the students at the next table - who had been quietly eating - caught Draven's brief glance and immediately stood with their trays in hand, fleeing as though chased by devil. Within seconds, the table was empty.
