A R I A
The campus feels colder than usual today, even with the sun draped lazily across the courtyard. I tug my jacket tighter around myself as I cross toward the main building. It's not just the breeze that has me on edge, it's everything. The silence between Soren and me. The venom in Gabi's voice. Angela's warnings. Lucian's absence.
And still, somehow, I'm trying to pretend things are normal.
The main hallway buzzes with voices, students exchanging gossip and class notes. I catch snippets of meaningless conversation, nothing that grounds me. My body is here, walking this corridor, but my mind is somewhere else entirely. I haven't seen Lucian since last night. Not a single text. Not even a check-in this morning. It's not like him.
My heart jumps when I spot Karako near the west st
