Chapter 149

• MILLICENT
• The classroom clock ticked louder than usual, or maybe it was just my nerves exaggerating everything. Numbers blurred on the board, the professor’s voice faded in and out like static, and all I could focus on was the shadow sitting two rows over.
• Xander didn’t even glance my way once, not a shift in his storm filled eyes looked toward me, but the weight of his presence pressed against my ribs. Every time my gaze slipped, my chest tightened like I was walking barefoot over broken glass I’d scattered myself.