RHYDAR
I've been pacing outside the Director's office for what feels like hours. Back and forth, like a caged animal.
I shouldn't care this much. I shouldn't feel my chest knotting with every tick of the clock, imagining what they're saying to her in there. What they might do to her.
When the door finally clicks open, I nearly lunge forward. Nova steps out, her expression steady, her lips curved in that familiar maddening little smile.
"I'm fine," she says, brushing off the tension like it's nothing. "It was only an official warning. Because of...Diana."
Annoyance sinks into me. Diana who thought she could lay a hand on Nova and ended up getting what she deserved. If anything, Nova should've gotten compensation, not a damn warning.
But her smile...fuck me. I forget to breathe for a s
