POV: Ian Greco

Phase one complete. Now comes the art of orchestration.

I leave Otto in the library, still staring at those photos like they're evidence of his fundamental unworthiness rather than expertly crafted lies. He'll sit there for hours, probably, torturing himself with imagined scenarios of Desi and Marcus together. By tonight, his pain will have fermented into something I can use.

The campus is beautiful in late October, autumn leaves carpeting the grounds in gold and ...