PROFESSOR BLACK (ZED) POV
I turned to look at Amara.
Her face was angled toward the car window, eyes unfocused, lips pressed together like she was holding something fragile inside. She hadn’t said much since we left the office. Barely a word. Barely a breath.
It had been like this ever since Anna walked into my office.
I faced the road again and sighed, fingers tightening around the steering wheel as the memory slammed back into me.
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The moment the office door opened… I froze. Time stopped.
She stepped in like she owned the air….confident, calm, wearing that same smile that once destroyed me. My fists curled instantly, nails biting into my palms as a storm of emotions surged through my chest.
Anger,disgust, rage.And something darker.
“Hey, Zed,” she said ca
