The Announcement

She wanted to stay in bed, but she already missed school for days, so she forced herself to take a bath.

A throbbing pain in her head made her dizzy. She had a dream of Caden visiting her last night and she felt him kiss her on the lips. But she knew it was just her hopeful wish.

"Alira, how are you? We missed you!" Samantha, and the others greeted her.

She smiled slightly at them. "I'm fine."

Lea frowned. "You don't look okay. Are you sick?"

She nodded. "I'm just having a terrible headache."

Her friends glanced at each other and looked around the room.

"Where's the prince?" Cassy asked.

She didn't answer. Then they heard chatter from their classmates and other students who were passing by their classroom would look at her, whispering to each other.