RYAN POV
The moment Crystal read the words on the board out loud, a cold feeling crawled down my spine in a way I hadn't experienced in years, because those words were not just anything, they were not the scribblings of some frightened student losing their mind inside an abandoned hallway, and they were definitely not something written recently by bored academy kids sneaking into restricted places for excitement.
No, those words meant something. And the worst part was that deep down, somewhere inside me, I already knew exactly who they were connected to.
My jaw tightened hard as I stepped closer to the doorway, my injured body protesting immediately with sharp pain shooting through my back and ribs, but I ignored it completely because right now the pain in my body felt far less
