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Because I didn’t believe it.

So I sent nothing.

ROWAN

I lay in bed staring at my ceiling again.

Serena had gone out.

Silence filled the room in a way I didn’t like anymore.

My phone lit up once.

Mason.

Mason:

I don’t know what this is anymore.

I didn’t reply immediately.

Because I didn’t either.

Then I typed:

Rowan:

I think it’s just getting started.

Sent.

And for the first time—

it didn’t feel like escalation.

It felt like entry.

Fifty Seven

CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN

MASON

Coach canceled practice.

That alone was enough to make everyone uneasy.

Coach doesn’t cancel anything unless something is broken.

Or about to break.

We still showed up anyway.

Old habits.

The gym doors were unlocked, but the lights weren’t on.

Andre pushed them open anyway. “This feels illegal.”

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