Chapter 53
Tangled Web
(Maya’s POV)
By the time I reached Amber’s mansion just outside Paris, my head was pounding. The drive through the long tree-lined road to her estate blurred past me, but all I could see was him.
Axel.
The image of him standing in the Dean’s office refused to leave my mind. Those same green eyes, the same quiet intensity that had once made me feel safe and terrified all at once.
I walked through the front doors, kicked off my shoes, and collapsed onto Amber’s couch, face first into a pillow. A long, muffled groan escaped my lips.
“Bad day?” Amber’s voice floated in from the hallway.
“The worst,” I said, voice muffled by the cushion.
Amber appeared a moment later, graceful as ever in her silk house dress, holding a glass of wine. Jason followed behind her, s
