Jace
"Liar!" Alex's voice sliced through the suffocating silence, shrill and venomous. "He's lying! He's covering up for her, Headmaster. She was going through my things—"
"Enough." Kieran Ashbane didn't even raise his voice, but the command in it snapped through the air like a whip. His golden eyes flicked to her with cold disdain. "Miss Monroe, unless you wish to join her punishment, I suggest you leave."
"But—"
"I said, leave."
Alex's mouth clamped shut, fury darkening her pretty features. She glanced between me and Zara, and for a brief moment, something like betrayal flitted across her gaze before it twisted into hatred, hatred aimed directly at Zara. She turned sharply, heels cracking against the marble as she stormed out, her aura leaving a bitter aftertaste in the
