The Willing Pawn

Dalton from the Honor Class had taken a leave of absence. Normally, a student asking for time off wasn't a big deal.

But when it was the top student in the grade, someone who had never missed a day, and it happened right after he was suspected of cheating on an exam, then it was bound to become gossip.

Right now, Dalton was sitting in a high-end café, both hands wrapped around his coffee cup, nerv