Chapter 221: Hand in Hand
When morning came, the courtyard of the Academy was still under a freezing blanket of snow. The sky was covered in thick, gray clouds, and large snowflakes continued to drift down heavily.
The focus of the crowd heading to class wasn't on exams or the bizarre snow. Everyone's eyes were locked onto two completely opposite people walking right down the middle of the path.
Iris, the cheerful, hardworking, and universally loved member of the Student Council, was walking with her face flushed red from embarrassment.
She kept her head down, trying to avoid the stares around her. The reason for this was very simple: her hand was tightly interlocked with Cassian's.
Iris was so embarrassed by this situation that her steps tangled together. Cassian, however, viewed holding Iris's hand as the most ordinary, logical action in the world. He walked tall with a blank stare, not showing the slightest reaction to the storm of whispers or the fingers pointing at them.
