Nara had told her that Gaara’s class was on the second floor. So after parting ways with the man downstairs, Esther hurried her steps upward, her heart thumping with a quiet urgency. She scanned each classroom as she passed, relief washing over her when she found one filled with students and its door still open. From the window, she could peer inside and search for the man who had saved her.

But as she studied every face in that room, she found no one who matched Gaara’s unmistakable ...