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013: The Appeal

Penulis: Bee Diaz
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ARIA

Every time I take a deep breath, it's impossible for me to ignore just how tightly the knots in my stomach are tied.

What the hell was that?

I've been home for hours, and I'm terrified that Uncle Barty will snap at me for what happened. And he'll have every right to because he specifically asked me to stay out of trouble, and what did I do?

I got myself into the kind of trouble from which there's no return, that's what.

Only this time, it isn't my fault at all. I didn't ask for any of this to happen. I didn't ask Ryder Drexel for help, and it's crazy that he even did all that to begin with.

How am I ever supposed to enter the History lesson after this fiasco? It's not even that I'm dreading what Professor Denver will think—if he was truly manipulating my grades in order to obtain something from me, then he deserved to be called out.

It's that I'm afraid of how badly things will go for me. What if he lowers my grades even more? What if I get expelled? He's the son of an Alpha. The
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