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Chapter 41
When I get back to Adam's after spending the rest of the day at Elara's, I find him eating dinner in the kitchen.
"I would have waited for you if I knew you were on your way back. Here, sit down, I'll fix you a plate," he offers.
I sit with him in the breakfast nook. "No, no, you eat. I'll grab something later."
"When was the last time you ate?"
"Oh, you know, didn't I grab something before we left for the academy?"
Adam sets down his fork and knife. "You told me that you would go to the cafeteria before class. What's going on? You can't tell me that you aren't hungry after not eating all day."
"I don't know. I just haven't had much
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