Clementine:
"So now what? Are we going back to the academy?" Ian started to ask.
"We cannot go back there—" he continued, but when I turned around to face him, he went silent.
"We have to go to the academy, Ian," I said. "That's where Rue and Oriana are. That's where Yorick must have been taken." My voice softened. "I want to believe he hasn't been punished yet. I want to believe they didn't kill him."
I didn't use a harsh tone this time.
After a moment, we both started heading back toward the academy.
But the minute we reached near the border, we noticed something far ahead on the road.
Both of us froze, then quickly moved behind the large trees nearby.
It was Yorick.
He was coming out of the academy, carrying his bags, with his parents walking beside him.
"I don't know, they're discharging him?" he questioned, almost as if asking himself.
Then I saw the headmaster step out. I turned my head to look at Ian, whose eyes were fixed on his father as his jaw clenched.
