The day dragged like a slow nightmare I couldn’t wake up from. Sophia had clearly decided to make it her personal mission to break me. From the moment I stepped onto campus, she was everywhere lurking in hallways, whispering loudly with Lila in the cafeteria, and shooting barbed comments whenever our paths crossed.
“Still wearing baggy clothes today, Blake?” she called out during the morning break, loud enough for a group of students to hear. “What happened to the slutty little number from the past days? Did Professor Vale finally tell you how pathetic you look?”
I kept walking, barely glancing her way. “Whatever, Sophia.”
Normally I would have snapped back. Today, I just didn’t have the energy. The weekend of hiding, the confrontation in Damien’s office, Julian’s threats it had all lef
