Chapter 13

• Rowen eyed the empty chair where Hayleigh usually sat.
• It almost taunted him while the rest of his students kept their heads low in the middle of an impromptu exam. It was the only way he could get out of lecturing, not when Hayleigh’s first absence in class coincided with her lack of response over the last forty-eight hours. His eyes shifted from her vacant seat by the window to the cellphone on his desk, but there was still no sign of her whatsoever.
• He hadn’t caught a glimpse of her down the hallways today either. Contacting the same person several times in one day was an exception he rarely did for anyone, and this was how she would act? God, as soon as he saw her, he was fucking her to clear the last stage, win the game, and end everything.