Just as quickly as he looked at her, his attention returned to the other teachers.
"This is our cue to leave," Yuan whispered hurriedly to her friend and they stood up and left the room quickly.
Before checking on their dorm rooms, Yuan gave Aaliyah a full tour of the entire school grounds. They came across the warning sign that indicated the Grim Forest was beyond where they stood.
"Why do they call it the Grim Forest?"
"Beats me. I've never gone In there before," Yuan replied, then added, "Although rumors have it that very dark creatures live in there, and are watching us out here. I don't know what kind of dark creatures though,"
"Then it's better to keep off," Aaliyah said and the girls agreed. As they turned to leave, Aaliyah's ears twitched a bit and she would have sworn the wind coming from the forest had whispered her name.
It brought chills down her spine. Cold chills that had her Pausing.
