Andrews POVI saw Mark's face change the moment he looked past me.One second his eyes were on mine — searching, concerned, hands still warm on my shoulders. The next, his gaze had shifted to the figure stepping out of the lounge behind me, and something in his expression went tight and dark and immediately wrong.I didn't have to turn around to know Daniel had followed me out.Of course he had. Why wouldn't he? He'd already won tonight. He might as well watch."What," Mark said, and his voice had gone cold in a way I'd never heard from him before — not even in class when he was genuinely angry, "is he doing with you?"I flinched. Not from the question. From the tone. From the particular flavor of pain underneath it that I wasn't supposed to be able to hear and couldn't stop myself from hearing anyway.Behind me, Daniel's voice arrived smooth and unhurried. "Relax, Professor Shawn. We were just talking."Mark's eyes cut toward him like a blade."I wasn't speaking to you."I felt the t
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