Vero looked up and found a boy standing in front of her. He is the boy who appeared when Gothic Jia rescued her from the restroom. And that boy is one of Lev’s friends.

“Santiago,” Vero said his name as soon as she remembered it.

“Yes, it’s me. But I hope you call me Sant instead,” said Sant while reaching out and helping Vero up.

Vero was still panting even though she wasn’t running and Sant was frowning while looking at her.

“What happened?”

Vero pointed to the hallway behind her and said with faltering breaths. “Blood.” She swallowed, wetting her dry throat. “Someone bit the girl and she was...