REUBEN’S POVThe cheers from the courtroom were still ringing in my ears, but they felt far away, like they came from a place I wasn’t part of.Collins won.Everyone was celebrating.Everyone except Queen, who slipped out so quietly that half the class didn’t even notice.Success, though… she practically stormed out.And I followed her.The sky outside was cloudy, heavy. The parking lot was almost empty, only a few cars and the echo of her fast footsteps.“Success,” I called.She paused beside her car but didn’t turn.She waited, her shoulders tight.Almost like she already knew what I came for.When I reached her, she finally looked at me. A mocking smile stretched across her face.“Come to rub it in?” she asked. “Your little princess won.”I ignored the jab. “Why did you do it?”She blinked once. “Do what?”“The hospital,” I said. “Why did you inject her? What did you give her?”There was a heartbeat of silence.Then she let out a slow laugh. It was soft, controlled, and dangerous.
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