CALEB’S POV
When I had suggested we check the Headmaster’s office, the plan had been simple: enter quickly, find what we were looking for and leave immediately.
It was a risk I was willing to take. I didn't want any unnecessary attention. I had been certain of one thing: Valdren would be occupied long enough for us to get what we needed and leave.
I didn't think he would return earlier than planned.
Now, pressed into the dark with Thalia barely a breath away from me, I realized just how quickly our plan could unravel.
Ryker Norales moved through the room with a calm that didn’t belong to someone capable of the things we had seen. There was no rush in his steps, no hesitation. He carried himself like someone who owned not just the office, but everything beyond it.
And he was walking
