The key projects for the Lunaris Institute have finally been locked in for the next three years. The past few days had been chaos—meetings, proposals, revisions—but we’d reached a solid direction. Still, Joe wasn’t fully satisfied. He compiled our earlier concepts and sent them to Professor Williams for his opinion.
That man was brilliant, but he operated on his own time. Weeks could pass before he even glanced at an email. So, when my phone lit up with his name that same afternoon, I nearly dropped it.
“The idea is not bad,” he said flatly.
Coming from him, those five words were practically a standing ovation. My throat tightened, emotion pricking behind my eyes. But just as I started to smile, his tone turned cold.
“However, Rae,” he said, “you’ve become complacent. The path of study
