(Lena's POV).
"Get out! Just leave me the hell alone!"
Lucas's voice roared through the narrow walls of the detainment room, sharp and cutting like glass against my chest.
I stood frozen for a heartbeat, staring at the boy I thought I knew.
His eyes blazed, wild and desperate, but it wasn't anger that crushed me—it was the pain beneath it.
I stumbled out before the tears could fall, the door slamming shut behind me like a judgment.
My feet carried me blindly down the corridor and through the campus until I reached the sanctuary of my dorm room.
The moment the door clicked shut, I dropped to my knees beside the bed, buried my face in the sheets, and sobbed.
"Why did I even care?" I whispered brokenly to myself, my voice cracking with every syllable. "Why does he hurt me like
