Chapter 33 : Moving Forward
*Lily*
"Of course! Meet me under the bleachers in five minutes." Adrian's voice held a note of urgency too as it crackled through the phone, mirroring my own anxiety. I snapped my cell shut and raced across campus.
Elysium's sports field was deserted as I ducked beneath the iron skeleton of the bleachers.
"Adrian!" I called out softly, my voice barely more than a whisper against the stillness.
I spotted him then, his figure unfolding from the depths of shadow as if he were part of the darkness itself. Adrian's eyes met mine, and they instantly widened with palpable alarm.
"Lily, what happened? You're pale as a ghost," he said, closing the distance between us with urgent strides.
I took a breath, the cold air biting at my lungs, and the words tumbled out before I could stop them. "The Order left me a note."