Soon | ©ACEHILX Book 1 of Phases Series The fluorescent lights of a 24/7 study hub hummed a hypnotic drone at 2:00 AM. Paris Calista, a second-year pre-law student, was drowning under a brutal Legal Writing deadline. Seeking an escape from her panic, she dropped a chaotic vent into a massive cross-enrolled Discord channel. Miles away, or rather a few blocks away from the chaotic streets of España, Jerome Maverick, a wealthy fourth-year student monitoring a 48-hour chemical reaction, stared blankly at his phone to fight the suffocating quiet.He was the only one awake to reply. Their anonymous, rapid-fire digital banter quickly became a nocturnal lifeline against the isolating night. -𝘈 𝘕𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭-