CHAPTER FOUR488Please respect copyright.PENANACHBH0RO85L
Kim lay in bed, eyes wide open, heart still pounding.488Please respect copyright.PENANAfs0lkt74Ol
The dormitory around her breathed in the steady rhythm of sleeping bodies—girls tucked in rows, their breathing shallow, their faces soft in the low yellow glow of the emergency light. But she couldn't close her eyes.488Please respect copyright.PENANAd1CyovOaYf
Not after what she'd seen. The boys had been on their side.488Please respect copyright.PENANA4A2pVcBXPL
The girls in uniforms—had been chasing them.488Please respect copyright.PENANAy24ViX26xm
And one of them had looked right at her.488Please respect copyright.PENANAT9zDvgmc0F
Her bed, second from the end by the window, suddenly felt like a spotlight. Every creak of the wooden frame. Every shift of fabric. Every whisper of wind outside made her flinch.488Please respect copyright.PENANAGv6O8V2RGc
At 2:17 AM, she finally sat up. Just to breathe. 488Please respect copyright.PENANAjyhGDgeJEH
Just to feel like she still existed in the real world. She turned slightly—and froze.488Please respect copyright.PENANAQPjlM0kCRS
Seline was awake.488Please respect copyright.PENANAgrHf6nqBNz
Sitting up in bed across the aisle. Motionless. Eyes open. Watching her.488Please respect copyright.PENANA6j1YUogEQB
The two girls stared at each other through the shadows. Neither spoke.488Please respect copyright.PENANAMi39bj0IwU
Then Seline lay back down slowly, pulling her blanket over her shoulder as if nothing had happened.488Please respect copyright.PENANAsvVlImPEkq
Kim couldn’t move. Couldn’t even think.488Please respect copyright.PENANAE6PqCpGiHc
In the morning, everything was normal. Almost aggressively normal.488Please respect copyright.PENANArYfAOKfOOw
Girls lined up for breakfast, giggling and gossiping. Prefects shouted roll calls. Spoons clinked against metal cups.488Please respect copyright.PENANA1LgoXfCwPn
Except… people were whispering more than usual.488Please respect copyright.PENANAIsfr3esiHv
Kim caught the fragments.488Please respect copyright.PENANA1WYeFhWaIA
“Someone saw shadows near the dorms…”488Please respect copyright.PENANAgUg4x3CPTa
“Mr. Omondi was called late last night…”488Please respect copyright.PENANALhiE22kthe
“Boys? No way. They’d never be that stupid…”488Please respect copyright.PENANAo1VYxSI8OO
“Someone left clothes outside their dorm locker. Wet clothes.”488Please respect copyright.PENANAwFcEu0bNiJ
“I heard someone say....”488Please respect copyright.PENANAjZKZTrpNb5
Kim’s hand trembled as she lifted her cup of uji, a warm, porridge-like drink made from fermented millet, to her lips. Kim cupped the dented metal mug in her hands, its sides too hot to hold for long. 488Please respect copyright.PENANAYRangjhNLV
The uji inside—thick, slightly sour—slid slowly as she tilted it, steam curling into the morning air. 488Please respect copyright.PENANAFULccrsWZm
All around her, girls sipped in silence or murmured in tight clusters, their voices barely louder than the clink of spoons. It was the kind of morning where the heat of the porridge wasn’t just warmth—it was armor. A ritual. A way to pretend nothing had happened in the dark.488Please respect copyright.PENANA8uNNAA35hK
Across the dining hall, Seline sat perfectly composed, cutting a banana with a spoon. Her purple pen was clipped neatly to her collar.488Please respect copyright.PENANA6QDpPFXFRB
She didn’t look up once.488Please respect copyright.PENANAitjU1G6WKT
488Please respect copyright.PENANAS7TsM9YQ91
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THE WALL OF CARDS
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