Even despite this new conflict, her help still would have been provided. Alice knew his dreams to become a healer required fostering and guidance, and her sentiment remained the same: she would never willingly hurt him. She would have shoved down her feelings and made the effort for him because that's what friends did for one another. However, Cameron had a different idea entirely. Cameron severed all ties with just four statements and left Alice standing there in a state of disbelief.

The shock didn't last long and with it gone there was nothing to stop the tears. She moved swiftly down the corridors, rivers of tears falling uninhibited down her cheeks. There was nowhere safe for her to flee, though, as she didn't dare risk rushing to her dormitory like this. Edison or Sisse or even Maddie would see and there was no shoving the feelings back in. Not yet.

Eventually after what felt like hours of moving blindly through the halls she, quite literally, stumbled into the nearest potions supply closet. There, once desperate and rushed sound proofing charms were cast, she fell to her knees in a fit of sobs.