**Riaya's POV**
I had never felt so completely alone, so empty, yet so surrounded by people. It had been a month since Angel told me he would never want someone like me. A month since he openly started dating Kaya. Me and Kaya—best friends since forever—had stopped talking. We hadn’t spoken since the day she and the Reginas cornered me in the girls' bathroom and threatened me.
"Stay away from Angel, Ri. He's mine," Kaya hissed, shoving me hard against the unforgiving concrete sink. My back slammed against it, and I cried out, the pain jolting through me as I tried to reason with her.
"I haven’t spoken to Angel since he told me he was with you. I swear," I pleaded, my voice cracking under the weight of betrayal. But she wasn’t listening. Behind her, the other girls—Stephanie, Heather,
