[Xanthea]
I was about to step beyond the university campus, but I took back my step.
My heart raced, breath quickened, filling my lungs with icy breaths. I clenched my fists so tightly my nails dug into my palms.
Gritting my teeth, I shut my eyes, hating myself a little more.
I am really a coward—
“Good girl…”
With a sharp inhale, I opened my eyes. I turned around, standing face to face with Raven.
I dared maintain eye contact with him as he stepped closer to me.
“Is a cat who you just met so important that you contemplated leaving the campus, even if it was for a second? You thought of defying me for a useless cat—”
“She is not useless!” I blurted out those words, and I wasn’t sorry about it.
Raven’s eyes bore into mine, their intensity growing as he closed the distance between
