Silas Vance stared at the message on his phone until the screen dimmed.
Then he read it again.
“If you want to stay in school… tell Ivy Sterling to meet Killian tonight.”
His jaw tightened.
Another message blinked beneath it.
“Otherwise your academic career ends tomorrow.”
Silas exhaled slowly, forcing his heartbeat to calm.
Killian.
Of course.
The man had finally changed tactics.
If he couldn’t break Silas on the ice, he would break his future instead.
A quiet laugh escaped Silas’s throat, but there was no humor in it.
“Smart move,” he muttered.
Behind him, Toby’s voice appeared.
“What’s a smart move?”
Silas turned.
Toby was leaning against the hallway wall, holding a soda and watching him suspiciously.
“You look like someone just told you the world is ending.”
Silas sli
