POV: Adriana
I blinked once. The eyes were still there.
I blinked twice. They were still there—watching me from behind the tree, dark brown and fixed on me like a shadow that refused to move.
My stomach twisted.
It was him. Right?
“Adriana?” Adira’s voice broke through the silence. I hadn’t even noticed her staring at me with a confused frown on her face. “What’s wrong? You’ve been looking over your shoulder for minutes now. Are you okay?”
I swallowed, still staring. “Yes… I’m okay,” I answered her absentmindedly, though my voice didn’t even convince me.
And just then, a group of students passed by, their voices filling the air. They blocked my view for only a moment, but when they were gone, so was he.
The man with the brown eyes had disappeared.
My breath caught. He hadn’t vani
