ELIAS'S POVThe next two weeks were strange.Mercer stopped calling us in for meetings. Stopped sending threatening messages. Stopped confronting us directly.According to the law, he'd backed off. Officially, his investigation into me was over.But he was still everywhere.I'd see him in the hallway between classes. Standing near the wall. Watching students pass. His eyes would track me for a moment, then move on.He'd show up at the dining hall during lunch. Sitting alone at a corner table. Eating slowly. Observing.He attended training sessions. Stood at the edge of the combat arena. Took notes on a tablet. Never spoke to anyone.It was worse than being interrogated. At least interrogation had an end point. This was constant. Unrelenting. Suffocating."He's always there," I told Ronan one night. We were in his room, studying. Or pretending to study. "Every time I turn around, he's watching.""I know.""It's driving me insane.""That's the point. He can't investigate directly, so h
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