Sensing the urgency in Noah’s voice, I leaned in closer.
“What is it?” I asked, trying to suppress the anticipation in my voice.
Noah’s grip on my hands tightened.
“I’m going to study financial law in the human world.”
I froze. My heart thumped hard against my ribs, so hard that I thought that it would tear right through my torso and fly across the room. I had to breathe slowly in and out to keep the room from spinning all around me.
“You’re…what?” I asked, unable to believe my ears.
“I’m going to go study financial law in the human world for a year.”
A couple minutes passed in complete silence as my brain tried to process what this meant for us…for me.
“Well?” Noah said. “Aren’t you going to say anything?”
“I…I don’t even know where to start,” I replied, aghast. “What about the p
