I dragged my feet toward the dorm, the weight of the day pressing down on my shoulders like chains. My head pounded with everything that had happened, and for a brief moment I couldn’t even recall where Mia was. Then it struck me—she wasn’t at home.
Normally, her absence wouldn’t gnaw at me this much. I’d always been the type to keep my distance, to bury myself in work and power plays rather than the fragile warmth she tried to offer. But tonight… tonight my mind kept circling back to her. Why couldn’t I shake her face out of my head? Her tears. Her trembling voice. Her pain.
I exhaled sharply . I needed air. Needed silence. Needed to cool my head before I lost it completely.
That was when I noticed a faint glow cutting through the corridor darkness. Light. Coming from the company’s mai
