Aria and I returned to the apartment, arms laden with bags of food, only to step into a scene that could best be described as… eerie. The house, previously lively with conversation and the occasional teasing remark, was now blanketed in an unsettling silence. Rachel and Cecilia were seated in the living room, neither speaking, just staring at each other with expressions that hinted at some recent battlefield-level conflict—or possibly an overly intense game of verbal chess.
"What the hell?" I muttered under my breath.
'Looks like something interesting happened while you were gone,' Luna whispered smugly in my head, her voice carrying that infuriating lilt of someone who knew far more than they were letting on. My brows furrowed as I did my best to ignore her commentary.
