Chapter 1
Lily’s POV
The door to Professor Harlan’s office clicked shut behind me and cut off the quiet hallway completely.
My heart pounded so hard I could feel it in my throat and in my ears all at once.
I stood there gripping the strap of my backpack so tight my knuckles hurt while my legs shook under me.
The air in the room hung heavy with the smell of old books and stale coffee and the single lamp on his desk threw sharp shadows across the piles of papers and textbooks scattered everywhere.
He looked up from his computer screen right away and his eyes locked onto mine with that same hard stare he had given me in class earlier today.
Professor Harlan was thirty two and he carried himself like he owned every inch of any space he stood in.
Tall broad shouldered with dark hair
