After the unsettling incident in the washroom, Asher didn’t stick to Rayla’s side as obsessively as he had before. At first, she thought it was because he was finally relaxing, trusting that she was safe. But as the days went on, she began to notice a pattern—one that made her suspicions flare up all over again.
It wasn’t just Asher alone anymore. It was all of them. They took turns staying with her, ensuring she was never alone for even a moment. Even Ben, who usually preferred the chaos of the boys’ dorm, suddenly claimed the library was “perfect spot” to study with her and insisted on accompanying her instead. Scarlet, who had rarely spent the night in hers and Rayla’s dorm before, showed up one evening with a new set of pillows and a determined look, saying she needed a break from the
