"Hey, hey, did you hear?"
Whispers were afloat in the halls of the strongest faction other than the student council in the Academy.
"Hear what?"
"You know, that Noa girl?"
"Oh! The one who was brought back from hell!"
"Yes yes! Did you hear? She joined that other kid's faction even though they weren't taking anyone in!"
The two girls squealed in excitement.
"For reals? Like, there's just four people in that faction now?"
"I heard they might even be living together!"
"What! Well we're all adults! But, seriously! Are first years going to get married now?"
"That would be so crazy! It's so romantic!"
"Those two seem perfect for each other too!"
It was then, that the wall behind them was smacked.
The two gossiping girls straightened up at once as cold air wafted around their necks as they slowly turned back. Standing right there in a lavender dress and a similarly colored veil was someone who they could only call the definition of beauty itself.
