"After smiling at Deanna, Zorion glanced at Raeleigh, and then at Quirina. His eyebrows tightened and he looked disgusted. ""If you don't wish for me to question Johan about his upbringing, then it's best that you disappear from my sight. This is a university, not somewhere you can just act as you wish."""

"Mr. Whalen, you've misunderstood me. We haven't seen each other for a long time, and we're just catching up. I'm not messing with her. Raeleigh, isn't that the case? Quirina looked at Raeleigh with a flash of hatred in her gaze, warning her to choose her words wisely."

"Raeleigh was not concerned, but the smaller the trouble,...