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Chapter 227 - They Are All Affected

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CHAPTER 227

~Valerie's POV~ 

My breath caught, confused when a hand grabbed mine and yanked me backwards.

"She's with me," came a sweet, cold, and sharp voice, laced with frost and violets.

I knew that voice.

Isla.

Only she could weaponize calm like that.

The next thing I knew, I was being dragged through a side corridor I didn't even know existed, my feet stumbling to keep up, the fabric of the hoodie muffling my panicked breaths.

When she finally stopped, we were in an empty, narrow alcove between the dining hall and the older classrooms—barely wide enough for two people to stand shoulder to shoulder. 

Isla yanked the hoodie down.

"What the hell were you doing?" she demanded, crossing her arms, blonde hair glittering under the window light.

I blinked, still catching my breath. "I—I wasn't doing anything."

"You were about to crumble," she snapped. "Right there. In front of him. Again."

"I wasn't," I lied. My voice cracked, so that was cute.

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