Lena’s POVI should have been exhausted, but sleep wouldn’t come. My mind kept replaying the scene in the hallway with Lucien, the way he’d loomed so close, the way his eyes had flashed gold, the way my breath had caught even though I hated him for humiliating me.It wasn’t fair. I should only feel anger. And I did, anger burned like acid, scorching every corner of me. But under it, buried deep, was something else. The memory of his scent clung to me, like winter air biting at my lungs. I hated how my body reacted. I hated that a part of me wanted to step closer instead of away. Why did I feel this way toward him, after all the humiliation, the sharp words, the way he made me feel small in front of everyone? It didn’t make sense. It felt wrong. And yet my chest still ached for answers only he seemed to hold.I pressed my palms into my eyes and groaned. “What is wrong with me?”Sarah glanced up from her desk, her pen tapping against her notebook. “You’ve got that face, like someone sna
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