Chapter Nine~In the streets, greed and survival go hand in hand~EVANNA The entire dining hall buzzed with whispers, but I couldn’t hear a single word of it. My pulse was still hammering in my ears, my muscles tense like I was expecting the wolves to charge back in any second.Patrick was still on the floor, trembling, his chest rising and falling too fast. His eyes flicked from me to the doors, as though terrified they’d come back.“Get up,” I muttered quietly, offering him my hand.He flinched but took it, his palm clammy in mine. For someone who had just been humiliated in front of an entire school, he tried his best to stand tall, chin trembling as he wiped his wet face with the back of his sleeve.“Thank you,” he whispered.I gave a single nod, but before I could say more, I felt Kai’s gaze on me. Slowly, I turned back toward him.The book he’d been reading was still closed, untouched. He hadn’t moved from his seat. But I could see the happiness and relief dancing in those big
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