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CHAPTER 164
~Solstice's POV~
There was a pause between us. I wanted to tell her no. I wanted to drag her back to the dorms and lock her inside until the storm passed. But looking at her—this version of Valerie, forged through scandal and silence—I knew I couldn't stop her.
"You'll go alone?" I asked, even though I already knew the answer.
"Would you stop me if I said yes?"
I didn't answer.
Valerie sighed and looked out the cracked window. Outside, wind pushed through the trees like a warning. "I don't have time to wait for this school to calm down. I need to know the truth. Blue Willow came up in encrypted files tied to my family name. That can't be a coincidence."
I swallowed. "Do you think it's a person? A place?"
"I think it's a front." Her voice turned colder. "A name someone is using to hide whatever's left of the Nightshade legacy."
My throat tightened. "You really think your family's enemies are hiding in a club?"