The Relentless Bond

Cassia Rowe

The entire day was excruciating. Anxiety gnawed at me as I waited for Dexter’s call. I tried to distract myself, to focus on anything other than the restless churn in my stomach, but it was futile. My mind kept replaying last night, the tension of sneaking into Nadia’s room, the weight of the laptop and pen drive in my hands. What if Dexter didn’t find anything? What if Nadia won, and