Brittany's POV
The rest of the school day dragged on, but I couldn’t focus.
In every class, all I saw was her. Cassandra was sitting there like she belonged, like she hadn’t turned the entire school upside down.
I caught glimpses of her in the hallway between periods. She didn’t even look nervous anymore. Not like before. She used to walk around like a scared little mouse, but now? Now she looked... steady. Calm.
And, of course, the brothers were always close by. Axel was leaning against her locker like he didn’t have a care in the world, Brian was walking just behind her, his eyes scanning the hallway like he was daring someone to look at her wrong, and Draven—always quiet, but always there.
It made me sick.
When the final bell rang, I didn’t waste time. I grabbed my bag and s
