STORMING THE ACADEMY. Emma's POV. The morning sun was barely heating the stone steps of the elite academy when I marched through the main entrance with Nathan walking right by my side, and my heels made a sharp, echoing sound on the polished floors as we went straight toward the administrative wing without waiting for the receptionist to announce our arrival. My heart was pounding with absolute fury because Derek's mistress's child had deliberately targeted my biological daughter, and the thought of Pearl crying in the dirt while her chest tightened from her asthma was enough to make me want to tear down this entire institution brick by brick. Nathan looked completely imposing in his dark gray suit, his large hand resting firmly on my lower back to guide me through the heavy oak doors

