Chapter 176

Elodie’s POV

The hallway smelled faintly of disinfectant, but I barely noticed it. My mind was elsewhere, focused on the rhythm of Kiernan’s footsteps beside me as we walked to our next class.

He leaned slightly toward me, not touching, not quite, but close enough that every nerve ending in my body screamed in awareness.

“We’ve been here almost an hour and you’ve been eerily quiet,” he said softl