ɢᴏ ꜰᴏʀ ɪᴛ, ᴍᴀᴛᴛʜᴏʟᴏᴍᴜʟᴇ!

hopes

That caught my attention. Why would they mention the galdorstones to him? 
"They're powerful relics," Gavin said. "Many witches and demons have sought them."
"And they all returned empty handed, haunted by its guardian. Until us!" Angmar boasted. So sure of himself, when we hardly even knew where we were going.

"We heard some coven scouts talking about them, but it'll be rough going. You said you're a Hexside student, right? We could use the extra strength."
My heart jumped. They were asking Augustus along?
Ugh. Stupid, stupid, stupid, I chastised myself. Stop obsessing over him.

"That sounds awesome, but.. I can't."
I could feel my face dropping. I quickly resumed what I hoped was a normal, unbothered expression, and prayed Augustus hadn't seen that.. weakness.
"I promised a friend I would help her with something-"

With a gasp, the human appeared in between us.

But I had no time to be shocked, because the human quickly rose my hopes again. "Gus, you ran away so fast, but I didn't wanna interrupt, so.. I think you should go!"