The shadow of Cole Sterling stretched long and skeletal across the floorboards of the small dormitory room. He remained standing by the window, a dark, dangerous smile cutting across his sharp features as he tossed the fractured silver amulet onto the mattress. The broken black stone leaked a sharp, metallic aroma that mixed violently with the scent of the rain pouring outside.
"I don't want an apology, Avery," Cole purred, his voice filled with an intense, strategic hunger as he leaned forward, his hands gripping the edge of her desk and trapping her between his arms without ever touching her. "I want to know who you are working for. Because you just handed my greatest enemy to his father on a silver platter, and now the university territory is wide open. Tell me the truth, Avery. What i
