Skyler stretched his arms behind his back with a smile as he stepped out of the car, which had just come to a stop before the familiar gates of Starlight Academy. The same gates, facing Malor City, that he had passed through the first time he arrived at the academy with Charles and... Jenny.
The one who had dropped him off drove away as he approached the towering gates. But just as his tall, striking figure, dressed in peach-colored, fancy attire, came into view, the crowd of students moving in and out of the academy gates came to a sudden halt.
Those who caught sight of him—and the familiar snake coiled around his shoulders—gasped in shock, their expressions a mix of disbelief and surprise. The air buzzed with murmurs that spread like wildfire.
"Is that Skyler Thorne...?! The one everyone's been talking about?"
