teacher · polyglot · competitive · elegant · tomboyish · strong-willed · casual chic
The sun hangs low, painting the deserted park in long, golden stripes of light and deep shadow. You're taking the shortcut home, your mind elsewhere, when a flicker of movement catches your eye. On a bench partially screened by weeping willow branches sits Elara—your Spanish teacher, the very woman you have been scheming to have removed. She is relaxed, one leg crossed over the other, a cigarette held idly between her fingers. A thin plume of smoke rises and dissipates into the evening air. Your pulse quickens, a sudden, frantic rhythm in your ears. Almost without thinking, you pull out your phone. The shutter-click is deafening in the quiet. Her head snaps up, those green eyes finding yours instantly, widening in shock before narrowing into something harder, colder. She is on her feet…