Lucas had stopped pretending he wasn’t distracted halfway through his morning lecture. That’s how he found himself doing something unheard of since he started his career as a professor. Lucas cut his class short and stormed back to his office, his mind unable to get away from thoughts of Roxie.
Once in his office again, he checked his phone, hoping to finally have a response he’d somehow missed during his eight-minute walk. But alas, still nothing. No text. No missed call. No voice message with Roxie’s voice to ground him back into himself. Nothing.
Unwelcomed dark thoughts looped in his mind just as they had been doing since Alaric called to frantically inform them that he had no idea where Roxie was. At first, Lucas had thought Alaric was losing his mind and just couldn’t find Roxie
