Breaking Free: Love & Rebellion at Blackthorn Academy. - Chapter 36: PAST-THREE

... glow over the small police station. The place smelled of stale coffee and ink, a mix of exhaustion and paperwork that never seemed to end. A few officers sat at their desks, flipping through reports, their expressions blank from long hours of routine cases.

Hua Rong stood in front of a desk, her fingers clenched tightly around her phone. Her face was set, frustration clear in her narrowed eyes. She tapped the screen with controlled urgency, turning it toward the officer sitting across fr ...