Chapter 16
Bethel's POV
Monday morning came too fast, the way it always did after a weekend that had somehow managed to be exhausting and eventful in equal measure. I lay in bed a moment longer than I should have, replaying pieces of Saturday night — the club, Donald's warning, Allari's hand over mine in the limo, the way he'd said for you like it meant something he wasn't ready to explain yet.
I shook the thought off and dragged myself up. School didn't wait for anyone, least of all me.
I dressed quickly, grabbed my bag, and made my way down for breakfast, my mind already drifting toward the pile of assignments I'd been avoiding all weekend. My driver was waiting by the time I stepped outside, and the ride to campus passed in its usual blur of traffic and half-formed thoughts.
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