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CHAPTER 137
~Author's POV~
He blinked, caught off guard, clearly not expecting a stranger, much less a pretty one, to talk to him. "O-oh, yeah… It's right down that hall, left at the painting of the council founders. Big brass door, you can't miss it."
Solstice grinned. "Thanks." She leaned in conspiratorially. "You're a lifesaver."
He flushed—barely noticeable, but she caught it—and she extended her hand with a casual flick of her fingers. "Got a name?"
"N-Navin."
"Nice," she said, gently taking his phone from his grip and inputting her number. Then she called her line and smiled. "If I get lost again, I'll call the hero." She handed it back, winked, and turned on her heel.
He was still standing there, stunned, when she disappeared around the corner.
Inside the school's central hallway, Solstice kept her head down, smile gone, expression returning to that calculated calm. She reached the brass double doors and knocked once.