The garden remained tranquil, the golden fur of Lionara gleaming under the fading sunlight as Alex continued to sit beside Zyrrak. The lioness purred contentedly, seemingly unaffected by the tension lingering in the air.
Zyrrak kept thinking about the events that took place and about what Alex had done before, thinking about the consequences. He had never thought that things would turn out this way. He had thought that the student council had abandoned him just like those two teachers had said before.
But he had accepted his fate. He wasn't even expecting anything, yet this happened. Alex, whom he thought of as a big brother, had planned all of this in order to save him.
'He even brought another golden goblin—' But just as he was going through his thoughts, something hit him.
