Drasa’s POVI was so close to pretending I didn’t hear my name.The warning in Cassian’s tone as he called out behind me made my hands still at my locker. I hesitated for a beat longer, then forced myself to move naturally, casually, like I didn’t notice how the air had shifted. Like my pulse hadn’t just leapt into my throat. I even smiled, poorly, as I shut the locker and turned.“Hey,” I started, but he was already closing the space between us.His expression was off, rigid, stormy. He wasn’t masking anything today. And that scared me more than I wanted to admit.“Cassian, I’m kind of running late for—”He grabbed my wrist, cutting me off.Not hard, not painful.“Come with me. Now” he said, brimming with whatever emotion was eating him alive.I didn’t fight it. My legs moved on their own. Maybe because deep down, I knew this moment was bound to come. I followed his hurried pace through the hallway, heart pounding like a drum in my ears. We turned a corner, passed a few empty classro
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