“I don’t know,” I said. “I mean, I suppose it’s something I’ve wondered about but I don’t even know what I’ll do when I gradate, let alone for the rest of my life.”

“Wow,” Zach said.

“Yeah, wow,” Luka agreed.

“Hey, I’m not going anywhere right now,” I said.

“We know, Raven,” Matt said. “But it brings up the fact that after graduation, everything will change.”

“I don’t want it to change,” I said. We were back at the conversation we’d had right after defeating Professor Halifax. Our futures. We’d put the topic on hold for a few weeks, but it never really went away.

“Can we focus on one thing at a time right now?” Luka suggested.

“Good idea,” I said. We had a book to destroy, a shadow fae to catch, and a trials to pass.

Why was everything always so complicated?