~~Mira~
I didn’t leave immediately; I stood just outside the door, back pressed against the cold wall, heart still hammering against my ribs.
I wasn’t supposed to care, but yet here I was letting his indifference crawl into my bloodstream like poison.
Don’t let it get to you, Mira; he’s your supervisor.
But even the voice in my head didn’t sound convinced.
I turned and headed towards the south.
When I got home the hallway lights flickered under my footsteps. The sensor is picking up movement like whispers tailing behind me. Each corridor in this place felt too wide and too tight at the same time, like the compound couldn’t decide.
I hadn’t been assigned housing yet, but a temporary suite they had given me when I just got here as a maid was waiting for me near the surveillance quar
