The Post
The rumor didn’t spread this time. It detonated. I knew something was wrong the moment I stepped onto campus and saw the Blackwater Gossip page open on at least five different phones in the hallway. People weren’t whispering anymore. They were watching and waiting. Like I was entertainment. I stopped walking halfway down the corridor when I saw my name. Not just my name. My face. A photo from the banquet. Elena on one side. Jace on the other. And me in the middle of something that looked way too close to confusion. The caption underneath was worse. BLACKWATER’S RELAY HEARTBREAK? JACE DONOVAN AND NAOMI BLAKE CAUGHT IN A LOVE TRIANGLE WITH GIRLFRIEND ELENA MORGAN. My stomach dropped instantly. “No,” I whispered. That was all I could manage. Because suddenly everything aroun
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