It would have been perfectly normal not to notice at first. After all, back then, Zoe Pierce and the others were still operating as a team, so it only made sense for them to show up as a group.
But gradually, it became apparent that wherever Zoe Pierce went, one or more of them would inevitably be by her side.
They usually maintained a certain distance, but they couldn't hide the looks in their eyes.
Their gazes were almost always fixed in Zoe Pierce's direction.
It was a kind of intimacy that subtly crossed boundaries, yet left no one with any proof.
Except at school.
Zoe Pierce's movements weren't under surveillance, but for someone with the means and motive to look, they were easy enough to trace.
Miles Sherman had swiped his ID to enter the school, but instead of staying in his dorm, his whereabouts became unknown.
And as for Zoe Pierce, any surveillance on her during that same period revealed no trace of her whatsoever.
