GrantQuinn was waiting inside the command residence when I returned from Dorm B.She sat on the arm of the couch in the fitted black dress she had chosen for dinner, her coat folded beside her. Julien, Brax, and Linc were nowhere in sight, which meant they had either gone to their rooms or recognized Quinn’s mood and decided distance was wise.Her gaze moved over me as I closed the door. “You smell like warding herbs.”“I was checking the anchors around Dorm B.”“Of course you were.”The bitterness in her voice had become familiar. It appeared whenever Rae entered a room, whenever someone mentioned the investigation, or whenever Quinn noticed my attention drifting toward the east dormitory.Tonight, I did not have the patience to pretend I missed it.“One of the wards had weakened.”“And Ravenwood has no security officers capable of handling that?”“They were handling it. I wanted to inspect the damage.”“You wanted to see her.”I removed my jacket and placed it over the chair near t
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