ログインSerena's POVBreakfast left a weird taste in my mouth. I couldn't even concentrate on eating because I kept seeing students looking at me and whispering.I pushed the plate of pasta and meatballs aside and stepped out of the dining hall. I walked back to the hostel alone.Mira had somewhere to be. She said something about personal training and looked sorry about leaving me to eat alone, but I told her I'd be fine. I didn't really know if that was true. Everything about this campus still felt like a place I was visiting for the first time, not a place I'd apparently lived in for weeks.~How can I miss a whole chunk of my life and just keep walking like nothing happened?~I was heading to the dorm when a confident-looking girl in a black dress came up to me. She had long dark hair and sharp eyes. Something about her posture made her look like she owned the whole school."Serena," she said, smiling. "How are you doing?""Sorry, do I know you?"Her smile faltered for half a second. "Right
Grimshaw's POVThe archivist's house was down the street. I slowed down as I approached the building. I was about to go around the house to use the back door when I saw the archivist. She stepped out of the door and stood on the porch with a bag slung over one shoulder.~Damn it. She's leaving.~I stopped by the alley close to the house and watched her move down the path toward the gate. My orders were clear. Find her. Get the names. Lord Veron didn't care how I did it. He just wanted results.I couldn't grab her here. Not with the row of cameras mounted around on the street. One wrong move and there'd be footage of me all over this neighborhood by morning. The last thing I wanted was for me to get caught and then the crime to be linked to Lord Veron. I let her get ahead by some distance, then I followed.~Where is she going this late?~I kept to the opposite side of the street, matching her pace, staying far enough back that she wouldn't feel eyes on her. She turned down a narrow
Josh's POVSerena was waiting for me outside the female dorm, sitting on the low stone step with her knees pulled up and her arms wrapped around them. Her long brown hair nestled on her shoulders, framing her pretty, oval face. She didn't see me yet. Her eyes were on her phone as I approached.We'd discussed taking a walk together. I wanted to see if that would trigger her memory."Hey," I said.She looked up. "Hi.""You look amazing," I said, running my eyes over her curvy body in this pink dress. I wanted to pull her close, kiss her, run my hands over her body like the old times, but Serena wasn't ready for that yet."Thank you," she replied as she got to her feet.We took the path along the eastern edge of the campus, past the training yards, towards the low garden wall.I kept my hands in my pockets. I didn't reach for hers. I'd learned not to touch her since she returned. Any kind of touch made her flinch. . ."Do you remember this garden? We came here to take pictures the second
Caden's POVThe summons dropped on my phone as I headed away from the courtyard following Lord Veron's announcement.~Come to the palace right away.I read it twice and pocketed the phone. My mind went to my previous conversation with Father. He warned me about ignoring his summons. I couldn't avoid going.I knew what this was about before I even got in the car. Word travelled fast in a place like this. Someone knew I broke curfew for Serena and reported it to my father.A sigh rolled off my lips. Father wouldn't be happy. I turned around, abandoning my walk toward the male hostel and headed to the front gate where one of the royal drivers was waiting.I got in the car and he drove me to the palace.A guard told me Father was in a meeting with some dignitaries when I arrived. I went to my room in the palace and waited.I opened my phone and scrolled through Mira's pictures. My lips stretched with a smile as I looked at her pictures. Nothing would take me away from her."Lord Crest is
Mira's POV Serena was on her bed, swiping through her phone. I watched her from my bed silently. Her thumb kept moving on the screen. I realised she was looking at pictures. Her brows pulled together every few seconds, in deep thoughts. ~She doesn't remember them.~ I got off my bed and sat down next to her. The mattress dipped under my weight. She looked at me and then continued swiping through the gallery. "What was going on here?" she said finally, holding the phone toward me. A photo of the three of us. Me, her, and Josh. We were standing outside the dining hall, and Serena had her tongue out and her arm slung around my neck. "That was after the second round at Ironridge," I said. "You'd just beaten a girl from Duskwall and you wouldn't stop talking about it for days." "What's Ironridge?" "It's a school. We had a competition there before we came here." She shook her head. "I don't remember beating anyone." "Well, you won. It was a good fight." She scrolled to the
Vessa's POVThe luxury shop was small and warm. It smelled of expensive fragrance and sat on the main street in the nearest small town to the campus. It had everything in stock. From jewelry to training accessories to overpriced skincare.I moved along the display shelves slowly, picking things up and setting them down. My eyes caught a gold bracelet. I picked it up.Kayla closed the distance between us. Her eyes moved over everything with excitement . "I'm impressed. This place has all the designers."I gestured to the items on the shelves. "Pick whatever you want."I returned my gaze to the bracelet I was examining. She picked up a designer bag."Vessa, I can't just..." She pointed to the prize tag. "It's too expensive.""I said pick whatever you want." I set the bracelet down and moved to the next shelf. "You did well. You earned it."Kayla was quiet for a moment, then I heard her drop the bag in the trolley.She earned it. Without her, I wouldn't have been able to make all the mov
Mira's POVI was still enjoying my sleep when something landed on my bed. I jolted awake, heart lurching. My hand already reached for the blade I kept under my pillow. Then I saw what was on my bed. A black attire packed in a cellophane wrap.What's this?I rubbed up eyes and grabbed the package. T
Chapter SixMira's POVThe medic pressed two fingers against my ribs. I winced."Breath out," she said. "Slowly."I exhaled. Pain gripped my side like an electric shock.She nodded. "Not broken. But close."Thank Goodness.She moved to my shoulder next. She rotated it carefully and I bit my lip, tr
Mira's POV The crowd pulled back to give us space.I rolled my neck and flexed my wrists. My ankle was still throbbing from the leopard fight. My forearm had a long red scrape from where I had hit the ground. I did not look at either injury. Looking at things made them hurt more.Caden stood acros
Mira's POVJosh rushed over to me. He stepped between me and the Ironridge boy and put one hand on my shoulder. His grip was firm."What are you doing?""I'm trying to make him eat his words."An instructor cut through the crowd before Josh could say something. He was a thin man with permed hair an







