Chapter 142 “ You don't need to know much about that. All you need to know is that I got what we need. Everyone has their own quota to play and here is me doing mine.” I looked at Park and he nodded. “ Fine. If we are doing this then we are doing it my way.” I said looking at their faces. We all need to watch out for one another and also we need to let the students know that Nathan is the villain. We need to show them what happens to them when they are taken or when someone gets lost. We need to expose him and his father.” “ Alright, but we need to be smart about all of this and make sure we don't get too overwhelmed or emotional. If we are going to do this then we need to be united.” Ren looked at everyone. We heard a gentle knock at the door and Juno peeped in. “ Why don't you all come down for supper? The food is getting cold.” She said gently and walked away. We all walked out of the room with the door locked behind us. The hallway was quiet and as I approached the dining roo

Chapter 144 The ride to school was quiet. No one talked after the lecture we had received from Mother Theresa. The wind hit against my face through the open window, but not even that could wash away the storm brewing inside me. My fingers gripped the strap of my backpack, knuckles whitening as the plan replayed in my mind over and over again. Tessa. I was going to use her. The same way she and Nathan had used me before. But this time, I was writing the rules. "Do you think this will work?" Juliet asked, breaking the silence from the passenger seat. I didn’t answer right away. The school gates were already in sight, swarming with students who had no idea what was coming. “It has to,” I finally said, my voice calm but laced with steel. “It’s either that or we keep letting Nathan walk all over everyone while pretending we’re powerless.” Juliet sighed and folded her arms, clearly uncomfortable. “Just promise me something—don’t lose who you are in the process.” I don't know w

Chapter 146My mood changed the moment I saw her. I still don't understand why Zee decided to be with Nathan. She knows that I love her. We had a thing before I left, and now she was with the man I despised the most. Tessa immediately walked closer to me, placing her hands over my shoulder. I felt like yanking her hands off, but then she was going to know that I was just kidding. “Can we talk?” Zee said slowly, looking at me. My face went pale. Since I got back, she has never tried talking to me. I don't know what I did wrong to warrant such behavior, but then, I don't have the time to ask her what was going wrong.“Don't tell me you are leaving me here to go and talk with my sister?” Tessa scowled with anger visible in her eyes. “She said it is private,” I replied almost immediately. “Private? And she wants to steal my man.” Tessa said, fuming with anger. I stood still and looked at her, not sure of what to say. She pushed me away and dated Nathan, so why was she behaving like al

Chapter 148The murmurs swelled like a rising tide. I could hear them—dozens of students whispering, pointing, backing away as the truth began cracking through the surface like glass under pressure.“He moved too fast.”“Did you see that?”“ Is that even possible?” “What the hell was that?”Nathan’s face tightened, the smug arrogance peeling away layer by layer until what remained was something raw and panicked. He hadn’t expected me to come prepared. He hadn’t expected this.Zee took another shaky step back, her eyes locked on me now, wide and searching. That confusion in her face was beginning to shift, warping into something else—something closer to recognition. Her lips moved, mouthing my name. Not out loud. Not yet. But it was there.Jack stepped forward like a storm about to hit. His fists clenched at his sides, jaw flexing as he snarled, “You just made a huge mistake.”“Correction,” I said, slipping the drive into the chain around my neck and tucking it beneath my shirt. “I ma

Chapter 150The wind howled as Damien’s body disappeared into the smoke and rubble below. My breath hitched. I hadn’t meant to kill him—I swear I hadn’t. My legs shook beneath me, and the grip I had on the drive felt like it could crack the casing.“Damien!” I shouted, moving toward the edge, but thick smoke swirled up, swallowing everything in sight. No sign of him. No scream. No groan. Just silence.The sirens were louder now. Closer. I could hear the crackling of flames being doused and the rumble of boots across the cracked school floors. The tower groaned again, shifting slightly beneath me. I had seconds.I turned and bolted.The hallway was a mess—walls caved in, lockers torn apart, and smoke and dust thick in the air. Every breath stung my throat like ash and metal. I darted past collapsed beams and dodged through chunks of fallen ceiling, the flash drive pressed tightly in my hand.A fireman burst through a collapsed entrance, spotting me through the haze. “Hey! Kid! Over her