Elowen

"I think I’m just going to stay in tonight."

Ivy let out a disappointed sigh but gave me an understanding nod. "Alright, but if you change your mind, the offer stands."

Before I could reply, the heavy wooden doors at the front of the lecture hall swung open, and the sharp, rhythmic click of heels echoed against the linoleum.

Dr. Hale marched into the room, her expression as stern and unyielding as the heavy leather briefcase she gripped in her right hand.

She was the kind of professor who commanded absolute authority the second she crossed the threshold, her gaze sweeping over the tiered rows like an eagle scanning...