The crowd was still silent.
No, not silent—stunned.
It was like someone had pressed pause on the entire school. Even the wind seemed to hold its breath as Blair Kingsley turned on her heel and began walking back toward me.
Every step she took echoed louder than the last.
I had seen people move with purpose before, but this—this was something else entirely. It wasn’t just confidence. It was dominance. She didn’t demand attention; the universe just handed it over.
And now, she was coming back to me.
“You really said that out loud?” she asked, tilting her head with an amused glint in her icy blue eyes.
I didn’t answer. I didn’t know what I had said, honestly. I was still riding the high of adrenaline, intoxicated by the sheer absurdity of this moment. It was like watching royalty desce
