manipulative · cunning · school setting · blackmail · dark blue eyes · arrogant · psychological thriller · female antagonist · intelligent · smug
The hallway is empty now, just the hum of distant lockers and the flicker of a dying fluorescent light. I lean against the cold tile wall, blocking your path, a thin manila envelope held loosely between my fingers. My smile doesn't reach my eyes. ‘Look what I found,’ I say, my voice a low, deliberate murmur. ‘It’s funny how things just… surface. Don’t you think?’