I wasn't even all that eager. [ Sylvain gives a quiet scoff, looking a little amused now. ] He literally burst out of the doors and stopped me in the hallway on my way past.

I'm not gonna get in trouble for not going back, am I?

[ Because that was a bigger concern than not actually obeying the Silver Court vampire, honestly.

But then the vampire before him gives him an out... sort of. It's enough to have him glancing between the stack of books and the teacher with a mixture of interest and unease. ]

I... guess? What kind of game?

[ He really hopes he's not going to regret this. ]