JESSICA'S POV
The morning after my talk with Robert, I walked onto campus with a new feeling. It wasn't exactly confidence. More like a low hum of f**k you simmering under my skin. He saw me. He understood. That counted for something.
My first class of the day was Ethics & Society, a required course for everyone. I pushed open the heavy lecture hall door and my stomach did a weird little flip.
They were all there. At the front, behind a long table facing the students, sat Sebastian, Julian, Dominic, and Cassian. Four of them, looking like a panel of grim, gorgeous gods. Robert sat in the middle, looking stern and academic.
A joint class, I remembered him mentioning. Important things. Relationships.
My usual seat in the back was taken. The only empty one was in the third row, right in
