el
elt Killian's breath against my ear, echoing his
est lecture hall, hoping three hundred students could shield me. I pu
ghost," Mila whispered, set
d, my fingers tight
ng across Mila. Her sharp eyes were wide. "Someone uploaded a vi
ed. "Did you s
nter said, frowning. "But whoever s
kles ached. Winter and Mila bid me goodbye going to their classes but my mind was s
rs of the lecture
id-sentence at the podium. I didn't need to look up to know who it was.
d walked down th
the dark ink climbing up his arms. Lucian and Jason flanked him like guard dogs. T
nstantly ducked my head, my long black hair falling f
said, his tone tight but entirely subm
alking up the stairs, straight toward the back. Every step o
shadow fell
at, freshman," J
son was staring at a girl
seats down there," the gi
sneered, leaning over the
mbled down the stairs to escape him. Jason chuckled, sliding into her vacant s
an sa
hing against mine. The forced physical proximity made my skin burn. The
Killian whispered, his l
fessor, my jaw clenched so hard it
, spinning an expensive silver pen between his long fingers. "
I muttered, my voice shaki
. "Because I just finished editing a very interesting video from last night. The
urned my head to look
ne click, and the entire campus sees the girl who used to cry in th
?" Tears of anger
dangerous, possessive intensity. He stood up suddenly, slamming his h
s there a problem?" Professor V
never leaving mine. "Hazel was just leaving with
ason shifted beside me, his h
ded softly, his voice leaving no room f
notebook into my bag. My hands shook so badly I dropped my pen. Killian
shadow. The moment the heavy lecture doors shut behind us, cutting off the clas
ockers, his tall frame com
oked out, pushing ag
tightened, not enough to bruise, but enough to anchor me. "You belong to this school now,
ied, staring straight i
that sent a chill straight down my spine. He lea
thed. "And I'll make sure your friends find
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