“Wait,” Carl held my shoulder. “He is looking this way; if he sniffs you, he will double down on his efforts to hurt her…” Carl said, and I chuckled.
“Thanks, brother…” I smiled, and then Danny laughed loudly. I laughed, knowing he was doing it to disguise the turmoil they were trying to contain. The more unaffected our dynamic looked to the onlookers, the better.
Finally, after ten minutes, Luke Wise left with his group of friends, and I took a deep breath. I turned around, and Killian joked, “On your marks, set, go…” he laughed, and I headed towards the library, not without flipping him the bird on my way there.
I walked into the library and walked around my mind searching for her. Then I spotted her in a secluded corner. She was not reading, nor studying. She was just sitting ther
