LOGINThe car hummed steadily along the dark streets, streetlights slicing through the windows in long, shifting lines. Lola shifted slightly, caught between Liam and Caleb, her fingers brushing against both of theirs more than once without meaning to. Each accidental touch made her pulse quicken, and she
The city lights blurred past the taxi window as Lola settled into the backseat, sandwiched between Liam and Caleb. The hum of the engine was steady, a quiet rhythm against the thrumming tension in the cramped space. None of them spoke at first, the silence a tangible thing that pressed against her c
Lola shut the door to her room with a shaky breath, leaning against it as if it were the only thing keeping her upright. The hallway felt normal bright, loud, alive but the second she stepped inside, the air shifted. Thicker. Warmer. Charged. He was here. She hadn’t seen Adam again since the hallw
Darkness swallowed Lola whole not empty, but full. Full of whispers, fragments, sensations that didn’t belong to the physical world. Voices overlapped, echoing like distant memories she’d forgotten how to remember. Then light. Not bright, but soft, hazy, like she was surfacing from underwater. The
The music thumped through the party like a heartbeat Lola didn’t recognize. Laughter, shouting, clinking glasses all blending into a chaotic blur that made her chest tighten. She had been trying to disappear, to melt into the wallpaper, but she couldn’t. Not tonight. Not after seeing him with her.
The floor beneath Lola vibrated like a living heartbeat a pulse that didn’t belong to her. The air shimmered, data rippling through the walls like heat waves rising from asphalt. Adam had rebuilt the dorm again, but this time the world felt… tense. Too still. Like even the code was holding its breat







