Chapter 91 - 90 Plan and Doubts
The tension that once cloaked the academy like a thick fog had not vanished, but it had simply shifted. Olivia noticed it in the way people whispered less and avoided Alexa entirely. The wild rumors that once bounced off the walls like a bullet had dulled into silence. No one dared to say a word now, not after Alexa had sent Lydia to the infirmary with one blow.
Fear had a funny way of purifying gossip. Olivia had watched it happen. One violent outburst, and suddenly, Alexa wasn’t a target—she was a warning. A living one.
As she walked through the academy’s courtyard, her boots crunching on loose gravel, Olivia felt the growing conflict in her chest. Everything had changed so quickly. Her mission was complete, her system was quiet for now, and yet... nothing felt settled.
Lucian walked a step behind her. Silent, observant. Ever since he caught her from the tree, he had become unusually distant. Not cold exactly, but preoccupied.
"You’ve been quiet," Olivia finally said, breaking the air between them.
Lucian blinked, his gaze trailing toward the sky before meeting hers. "Have I?"
"Yes," she said, then hesitated. "You’ve been thinking a lot."
Lucian didn’t answer immediately. His brows furrowed slightly. "So have you," he answered back.
Olivia studied him carefully. Something about his tone stirred a strange unease in her chest. Lucian looked the same—silver hair, calm presence—but the more time she spent with him, the more she felt that something old and wild lurked beneath his skin.
"True," she muttered.
Meanwhile, far from them, someone else was busy nursing wounds deeper than any bruised ego. Klaus slammed his hand on a training dummy, splintering the wood with one blow.