*Lily*

"Of course! Meet me under the bleachers in five minutes." Adrian's voice held a note of urgency too as it crackled through the phone, mirroring my own anxiety. I snapped my cell shut and raced across campus.

Elysium's sports field was deserted as I ducked beneath the iron skeleton of the bleachers.

"Adrian!" I called out softly, my voice barely more than a whisper against the stillness.

I spotted him then, his figure unfolding from the ...