All Chapters of Malignant Sadness: Chapter 21 - Chapter 23

LEVI’S POV The entire morning felt strangely long. I tried to focus on our lessons, but my mind kept returning to Adalee and the mark on her wrist. I told myself not to overthink it because she had already said it was an accident, and I didn't want to become the kind of person who kept forcing someone to explain something they clearly didn't want to talk about. Still, there was something about the way her hand immediately went behind her back when I asked that bothered me. It wasn't the mark itself. It was her reaction. She looked scared for a brief second, and I couldn't stop wondering what could have caused that. "Stop staring." I turned toward Caius, who was writing something in his notebook without even looking at me. "I'm not staring." "You've been staring at Adalee for almost ten minutes." "I was thinking." "About the lesson?" I glanced at the board. The professor was discussing something about organizational behavior, and I realized I hadn't written anything dow

LEVI’S POV I woke up before my alarm. Again. I stared at the ceiling for several seconds, trying to remember what had dragged me out of sleep. Nothing. No nightmare, no strange dream, no noise from outside. Just that uncomfortable feeling sitting somewhere in my chest as if I had forgotten something important. Then I remembered Adalee. I reached for my phone on the bedside table and checked our conversation. The last message I sent her was still there: You don't have to tell me anything you're not ready to tell me. But if you ever need someone, I'll listen. I wasn't sure why I had sent that. Maybe because yesterday she looked like she was carrying something heavier than she could handle. Maybe because I knew what it felt like to keep things inside. Or maybe because I simply wanted her to know that I was there. I locked my phone and sat up. Across the room, Caius was still asleep, completely covered by his blanket except for one foot sticking out at the bottom. I st