The Enemy Alpha's Beta
"And honestly? You're playing your part brilliantly."
With a final, teasing wink, Killian turned on his heel and walked away toward the lecture hall, leaving Asher standing against the brick wall, a flushed mess.
Later That Afternoon. The Lecture Hall.
Ten minutes later, Asher slammed his heavy criminal law textbook down onto a desk in the packed lecture hall, exhaling a long, ragged breath. He had barely managed to calm his racing pulse before marching into class, hoping to lose himself in the safety of constitutional theory and hide in the back row.