Chapters
1. Chapter 1: New Roommate, Old Rivalries
2. Chapter 2: Dreams and Dorm Room Heat
3. Chapter 3: Caught in the Web
4. Chapter 4: Close Calls and Tensions
5. Chapter 5: Classroom Trouble
6. Chapter 6: A Not-So-Innocent Hangout
7. Chapter 7: The Leak
8. Chapter 8: Blood on the Field
9. Chapter 9: The Dean's Warning & More Secrets
10. Chapter 10: The Capture
11. Chapter 11: The Aftermath of the Attack
12. Chapter 12: A Dangerous Implication
13. Chapter 13: The Pack's Ultimatum
14. Chapter 14: Tensions Boil Over
15. Chapter 15: Breaking Point
16. Chapter 16: Caught in Lisa's World
17. Chapter 17: A Daring Partnership
18. Chapter 18: The Escape Plan Acts
19. Chapter 19: The Great Escape
20. Chapter 20: The Reunion
21. Chapter 21: The Favor Revealed
22. Chapter 22: Planning the Heist
23. Chapter 23: Back to the Lion's Den
24. Chapter 24: A Battle of Betrayals
25. Chapter 25: The Aftermath & Growing Tensions
26. Chapter 26: A Desperate Rescue Mission
27. Chapter 27: Breaking Chains
28. Chapter 28: The Bonds That Bind Us
29. Chapter 29: The Calm Before the Storm
30. Chapter 30: The Last Ultimatum
31. Chapter 31: The Trade-Off Begins
32. Chapter 32: Double-Cross & Escape
33. Chapter 33: Back to School – Normal Life is a Lie
34. Chapter 34: Campus Event – A Public Attack
35. Chapter 35: Lisa's Next Step – A New Victim
36. Chapter 36: The Investigation Narrows
37. Chapter 37: Rico’s Crisis – Stay or Leave?
38. Chapter 38: The Final Warning – The Dean Knows
39. Chapter 39: The Ultimate Betrayal
40. Chapter 40: A Stunner of a Decision
41. Chapter 41: Lisa's Web
42. Chapter 42: The Games Begin
43. Chapter 43: The Failed Escape
44. Chapter 44: Trust is a Weakness
45. Chapter 45: Jake’s Breaking Point
46. Chapter 46: The Turning Point
47. Chapter 47: The Rebellion Begins
48. Chapter 48: The Last Stand
49. Chapter 49: The Betrayal & The Reunion
50. Chapter 50: – The Price of Freedom
51. Chapter 51: A New Ally
52. Chapter 52: The Control Weapon
53. Chapter 53: The Cover Network
54. Chapter 54: The Heist – Stealing Lisa's Research
55. Chapter 55: The Cost of Betrayal
56. Chapter 56: The Plan That Could Get Them All Killed
57. Chapter 57: The Final Attack Starts
58. Chapter 58: Fountain's Last Stand
59. Chapter 59: The Last Encounter
60. Chapter 60: A World Forever Altered
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Chapter 37: Rico’s Crisis – Stay or Leave?
The air in the dorm felt suffocating. Rico sat on the edge of the couch, his elbows resting on his knees, head down. He hadn’t spoken for a full minute.
Jake and Zane stood across from him, both tense, waiting for him to say something. Anything.
Finally, Rico exhaled and ran a hand down his fa...
