Professor Lucien
Yasmin takes the next turn sharp, muttering, "This person texting you might be dangerous. If you don’t talk, I can’t help."
We pull into the precinct. I step out, her words chasing after me.
"I hope you’re not protecting a criminal," she calls.
I swallow hard, watching her walk past. A criminal?
Lucien isn’t a criminal. He’s the furthest thing from the monster he thinks he is. He doesn’t see what I see—how his eyes give him away every time he tells me to run, every time his pain cuts sharper than his warnings.
And I don’t care what Yasmin says.