Marked As Theirs
Chapter 39
Veronica's POV
Throughout classes, my mind kept drifting back to Adnam…the library, to the stranger, to Carsin.
I was a pure mess, tangled up like a ball of thread that would take at least 2 hours to unloose.
And I knew if I kept walking in these memories, one of them would pull me under…eventually. Like they always did.
So, I just kept my head down and waited.
Waited for 4PM…for Aaron.
After school, I returned without Seth and Beau. They said they had to stay back for an hour of practice. Low key, I was happy. Because that meant, I'd give less answers and lies today.
Only told him I was going to Avie's today and he stared at me for a second, suspiciously before Beau slapped his shoulder. “Guy, you can't follow her everywhere. I get it. But if you wan
