I didn’t even mean to scream.
But when I saw him fall, all at once, something in me just… broke.
The sound ripped through the dorm courtyard, echoing off the brick walls, and almost immediately, people started pouring out of their rooms. Some were confused. Some were frightened. I couldn’t even process what I’d done. I couldn’t even process what I’d seen.
“Jane!” Geneva’s voice cut through the chaos. She was already at my side, arms wrapping around me as if I were fragile glass. “It’s okay. You’re okay.”
I shook my head, trembling. “No… No, he—he…” My words died before I could finish. The image of him falling, twisting, his body hitting the ground—it replayed in my mind like some sick, unending film.
Geneva squeezed me tighter. “Look at me. Breathe, Jane. You’re safe.”
I nodded shaki
