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CHAPTER 226
~Marianne's POV~
I never expected the luck that came for me when I first saw Valerie Nightshade walking around campus, without the necklace on her neck.
My breath caught when I noticed the bare skin where the necklace usually rested around her throat. I blinked twice to be sure.
But no—there was no mistake.
She didn't have it.
The very thing I had been obsessed with reclaiming. Opportunity, it seemed, had finally decided to smile at me.
I didn't waste time. While she was busy taking her stroll, I snuck into her room to do the deed.
It had been relatively easy, picking her lock, and sneaking inside.
I went to her drawer and checked each one of them carefully. Upon opening the third drawer, I found what I was looking for folded under a journal. I found it.
And now?