DOMINIC'S POV The Dean’s office door clicked shut behind us, the sound as final as a coffin lid. I stood in the hallway with my brothers, the air thick with a rage so sharp I could taste it on my tongue. Sebastian was a statue beside me, his jaw a hard line. Julian leaned against the wall, his face pale, pain clouding his eyes but fury burning through it. “Suspended from all team activities and leadership roles.” The words echoed in my skull. Over some bullshit forum gossip. Over some jealous little b***h with too much time and hate in her heart. “Not a word,” Sebastian had said in that low, Alpha rumble the second the Dean started talking. So we’d stood there, silent, taking it. It f*****g burned. Now, in the empty hall, Cassian let out a slow breath. “Well. That went about as well as

