I groaned, running my hand down my face before grabbing my other tablet and checkingmy messages.
Charlotte Vane
How’s your first day going? (smiley face with hearts)
Thinking of you, Reed!
Everything okay?
Just checking on you again.
Everything good?
Discomfort rolled through me as I read the messages.
Charlotte was my best friend, and she had been since I was twelve years old. We met online a year after Dad died, and we had stayed in contact ever since. We’d never met in person, but she visited my dreamscape every other night or so. She knew everything about me, and I appreciated her. But she would always freak out if I didn’t message her constantly. It didn’t usually bother me, but something about it did this time.
I typed out my reply.
Reed Nyx
I’m fine. It was a good first day. Made a friend.
Her reply was instant.
Charlotte Vane
Ooooh, that’s sweet! Who is he?
I bit down on my lip with a slight groan.
Reed Nyx
She’s a Gravesend, actually.
Charlotte Vane
She?
Oh.
A Gravesend? Like Death’s daughter?!?!!?!
How in Kalista did you befriend her?
Never mind…hahahahaha.
Um.
Soooo…how is your mom?
I glanced at Gumdrop, who was munching away at his dinner before replying.
Reed Nyx
I haven’t talked to her since getting to the academy.
I’m going to bed. Night.
