Chapter 19 Here Comes Zane

• "Claire! My name is Claire, Professor Orion." The girl beside me breathes, blushing and visibly excited at having caught the professor's attention.
• The lecture hasn't even lasted for thirty minutes, and I already feel a clawing anxiety. Zane is not looking at me. It is not like I expected his attention to be on me, but there is a coldness in the way he avoids even looking in my general direction. I can't read him because I can't fucking see him even though he is right in front of me.
• He has shrouded himself in that familiar mask again. He allowed me only a tiny peak behind his shields but it is back up now. Unyielding than usual.