Chapter Thirteen: Wasn’t About Buiness
Racheal’s pov
The aftermath of the hallway encounter left me vibrating with a primal, bone-deep fear. I had barely managed to get Chase back to Charlie’s apartment across the hall before my phone shrieked with a notification that made my blood run cold. It wasn’t a request; it was an outlook calendar invite from the Knights Executive Liaison office.
Subject Mandatory Curriculum Audit – Private Session. The location is the Instructor Walters’ Office. Time 4:00 PM.
I stared at the screen until the letters blurred. He wasn't even pretending anymore. This wasn't about business ethics or student internships. This was a siege.
When 4:00 PM arrived, the hallway of the Polytechnic was eerily quiet, the final bell having sent the students scurrying hom
