Seraphina's POV
I hesitated in front of the door to my dormitory, my fingers tightening around the strap of my bag. My heart was beating faster than it should have been, but I couldn't help it. I wasn't ready for this. Not really.
To everyone else, I had only been gone for a little under two weeks, but in my head, it had been much longer. The time I spent in that alternate reality as Seraphina Vale made it feel like I had been away for over a month.
A month where my dorm mates, Ashleigh, Liana, and Jolene, had more than enough reason to despise me even more, and I had Electra to thank for that.
If Electra hadn't beaten Liana so badly after those rumors spread about me being one of "Electra Vale's bitches," then maybe—just maybe—I wouldn't feel so damn anxious about stepping back into this room.
Before that incident, my roommates had ignored me. I had been invisible, the quiet girl they tolerated because we shared a space, but now? Now, I wasn't sure what to expect.
