Into the Lion's Den

A slow, agonizing week dragged by, yet Cleo failed to move on from the traumatic rejection. The brutal sting of that moment clung to her skin. Surviving daily campus life proved to be a twofold punishment.

First, there was the inescapable public spectacle. Ryker paraded his beautiful new girlfriend, Sloane, across every inch of the university. They roamed the hallways hand in hand, exchanging lin