Chapter 23

Maeve's POV

I sat rigid in the passenger seat the entire ride back to college, my body a statue of silence, staring out at the blurring landscape as if it held some escape from the storm in my head.

Franklin’s offer echoed relentlessly. His promises of power, revenge, a life rebuilt on my terms—all if I betrayed Lucas in ways I couldn't even fathom. It was loud, insistent, a deafening noise drowni