Noah pulled on a hoodie, shoving the hood over his head before stepping out of his dorm. The afternoon sun felt like a cruel joke, its warmth doing nothing to soothe the cold sweat clinging to his skin. He leaned against the wall outside, hands buried in his pockets, waiting for Sophie.
He had five minutes.
Five minutes to keep himself together.
Five minutes to not think about the only solutions the system had given him.
'Kill someone or a beast to get back my void energy…' His fingers curled into fists. 'Yeah, because murder is totally an option.'
Beasts? That would've been fine if he could find one—except he was in the middle of a campus. Not a hunting ground.
Which left Entropy Harvesting.
His jaw tightened. 'What the hell does that even mean?'
As if answering his thoughts, the system displayed a new message in front of his eyes.
