Elizabeth’s POV

By the time the sun rose, my decision was made.

Jennifer thought she could poison me with fear, make me retreat into silence. But the first rule I’d learned in surviving her was this: silence feeds her. Noise kills her.

Lila would be my noise.

She paraded around campus as Jennifer’s loyal shadow, but I knew the truth. The flash drive didn’t lie. Jennifer mocked her behind closed doors, tore her down with casual cruelty, and then dressed her up in false affection to ...