(Aurora's POV)
The admissions office at Pinecrest Academy was nothing like Westfield.
The woman who greeted us at the door introduced herself before we'd even fully stepped inside, offered us coffee, and walked us through the entire process herself. No waiting room. No clipboard shoved at us from across a counter. She'd clearly been expecting us.
Leo leaned toward me as we followed her down the hall. "Did you pull strings?"
"Gavin did," I said quietly.
He nodded. That was enough for him.
The entrance exam took two hours. I sat in the corridor outside and scrolled through my phone without really reading anything, one ear always turned toward the door. When the proctor finally came out, she was smiling.
"Your brother is exceptional," she said. "Combined scores across English, math, an
