Whispers in the Lounge

That evening, at the international airport lounge, everyone attending the International Herbal Medicine Conference in Tongalia was waiting for their flight.

Inside, the place was buzzing with activity.

But as soon as Paul, Chloe, and Callum, the Penn School crew, showed up, all the chatter in the lounge instantly died.

Everyone's eyes locked onto Paul's hand with a strange intensity, as they'd jus