AMBER POV
The library was supposed to be my sanctuary. A place where I could drown out the world with books, escape into words and knowledge, and pretend that people didn’t exist. But today? No way.
I stared down at my biology textbook, its words blurring together. I’d read the same sentence at least ten times, but my brain refused to absorb it. My pencil tapped against the edge of my notebook, and I fought the urge to throw the damn thing across the room. *Focus, Amber, focus.*
Except I couldn’t.
Because my thoughts kept wandering back to him.
Alek.
*What the hell was that?!*
He’d shown up on the field like some sort of knight in shining...jeans. No insults. No smirking or bullying. Just...him. Dragging me away like he owned me, like I was some fragile thing that needed
