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Chapter 16:The Calm Before the Shift.

Lessie’s Standpoint.

Two Days Later

The halls felt different.

Quieter.

Like the air itself was holding its breath.

I clutched my books tighter, keeping my head low as I moved through the corridor. Students passed by, whispering, stealing glances. I could still hear the rumors circling since the celebration. The scandal. The slap. The drama.

And then he stopped showing up.

No lectures. No hallway glares. Not even a passing snarl.

Just... silence.

Which was far more terrifying than any punishment.

My dorm door clicked open and shut behind me, and Lena barely looked up from her laptop.

“Alpha Duaine’s back today,” she said like she was giving a weather report. “He’s teaching this afternoon.”

I stiffened. “How do you know?”

“He left a message on the professor board. Said he was feeling ‘unwell’ before. Guess he’s recovered now.”

Unwell? That man had the emotional range of a concrete wall. He didn’t get unwell.

Something was off.

Yet, I went to my clas
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