Belle Ardent
I stood at the front of the classroom, pointer in hand, the board behind me covered in neat diagrams of mana cores, energy flow channels, and fusion nodes.
My voice echoed clearly across the room as I explained the theory, "When two compatible affinities overlap in frequency, they create a resonant feedback loop, amplifying both effects…" but, honestly, I wasn't listening to myself.
Because my eyes kept drifting.
To him.
All the way in the back corner, by the window, head buried in his arms, fast asleep.
Sebastian Nekros.
The boy who somehow managed to sleep through my lecture without a care in the world.
I should've been angry. Or at least mildly irritated. But instead, I found myself… staring.
Why is he sleeping like that?
