el

elt Killian's breath against my ear, echoing his

est lecture hall, hoping three hundred students could shield me. I pu

ghost," Mila whispered, set

d, my fingers tight

ng across Mila. Her sharp eyes were wide. "Someone uploaded a vi

ed. "Did you s

nter said, frowning. "But whoever s

kles ached. Winter and Mila bid me goodbye going to their classes but my mind was s

rs of the lecture

id-sentence at the podium. I didn't need to look up to know who it was.

d walked down th

the dark ink climbing up his arms. Lucian and Jason flanked him like guard dogs. T

nstantly ducked my head, my long black hair falling f

said, his tone tight but entirely subm

alking up the stairs, straight toward the back. Every step o

shadow fell

at, freshman," J

son was staring at a girl

seats down there," the gi

sneered, leaning over the

mbled down the stairs to escape him. Jason chuckled, sliding into her vacant s

an sa

hing against mine. The forced physical proximity made my skin burn. The

Killian whispered, his l

fessor, my jaw clenched so hard it

, spinning an expensive silver pen between his long fingers. "

I muttered, my voice shaki

. "Because I just finished editing a very interesting video from last night. The

urned my head to look

ne click, and the entire campus sees the girl who used to cry in th

?" Tears of anger

dangerous, possessive intensity. He stood up suddenly, slamming his h

s there a problem?" Professor V

never leaving mine. "Hazel was just leaving with

ason shifted beside me, his h

ded softly, his voice leaving no room f

notebook into my bag. My hands shook so badly I dropped my pen. Killian

shadow. The moment the heavy lecture doors shut behind us, cutting off the clas

ockers, his tall frame com

oked out, pushing ag

tightened, not enough to bruise, but enough to anchor me. "You belong to this school now,

ied, staring straight i

that sent a chill straight down my spine. He lea

thed. "And I'll make sure your friends find