Lena
"You're already too late."
The voice echoed through the darkness.
Cold.
Calm.
Terrifying.
For one second, nobody moved.
Then chaos exploded.
A loud crash echoed somewhere inside the locker room.
Metal lockers slammed shut.
Footsteps pounded against the floor.
Someone shouted.
Someone cursed.
My pulse hammered violently inside my chest.
The darkness felt alive.
Dangerous.
Wrong.
"Kane!"
My voice cracked.
Immediately his hand found mine.
Strong.
Steady.
Grounding.
"I'm here."
Relief hit me instantly.
Only for a moment.
Because somewhere in the darkness—
Someone laughed.
The sound made my blood run cold.
Not because it was loud.
Because it wasn't.
It was controlled.
Confidence.
The laugh of someone who wasn't afraid.
The laugh of someone who believed the
