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Sebastian however, was quicker than ic, before it reached the end of the table He thenonly a half-e can He looked up at hed it off nervously and took ain," Avalon teased through gritted teeth "She was raised hu him far more details than I ever would have, until I realize what Avalon saved otten to feel nize a similarity betweenfor over one hundred and fifty years But better to be on the safe side I quickly took my half eaten-croissant back fro it "I'm Avalon St Andrews by the way," Avalon introduced himself to Sebastian, who only stared back suspiciously

"Avalon, you say 'hu to hide ain searched my eyes deeply in a way that I suddenly found invasive

"Her parents both died of the King’s Curse, or so we assume because she was abandoned in the woods A hiker found her and then when no one came to claim her, she kept her Eden didn’t even know she was Immortal until she came to this school," Avalon told the story dramatically and I couldn’t help but smile at my overly expressive brother

"That’s unfortunate," Sebastian’s eyes continued to narrow in suspicion, but he maintained a friendly smile "So if you didn’t know you were an Isley?" Sebastian specifically addressedhis body to exclude Avalon

"A… Principal Saint found me, I ression in the papers and had his own suspicions, I s before I knew the truth I guess once he figured it out, he talkedifted," I babbled nervously

"Lucky for you Principal Saint was there to help you," Sebastian said coldly

"Yep," is all I ed

"So your friend, I mean I was told she was your friend, the Shape-Shifter, where is she today?" Sebastian pried, inching closer to me I dropped my napkin onto the floor casually and bent down to pick it up, while doing my best to move, discreetly away from him

"Her name is Lilly," I said a little snottier than I intended

"Where is Lilly?" he corrected, with renewed politeness

I glanced at Avalon who s ue inside ofthis would be all the answer Sebastian needed

"What do you mean? Isn’t she your friend? Aren’t you the one who interrupted her trial clai those lines?" Sebastian looked atbite of chicken salad to covermy head as if I were embarrassed

"She heard herto be able to visit them" Avalon spat out suddenly and then shook his head and rolled his eyes "Stupid right? Girls and their sentirunted rudely and if I didn’t know ance

"That is stupid," Sebastian agreed, although I was not sure he was entirely convinced "She’ll probably find herself locked back up Well, that’s why they are the ones in hiding, right?" Sebastian looked at ht," Avalon played patriotic and prejudiced, sla one of hisoff more than I could cheas left of my sandwich

"Cousin, join us please," Kiran called from across the lunch room He sounded enthusiastic and looked like he really did want Sebastian to join hie because all I wanted was for Sebastian to un-join us But I supposed they were cousins Kiran probably really did like hi o