Skip to content
Booknovel
The Campus King Owns My Secret
  1. 1. The Midnight Upload
  2. 2. Shadows in the Archives
  3. 3. The Lever and the Lock
  4. 4. The Law Library Carrels
  5. 5. The Terms of Engagement
  6. 6. The South Terrace 🔒
  7. 7. The First Threat 🔒
  8. 8. The Midnight Infiltration 🔒
  9. 9. The Digital Trap 🔒
  10. 10. The Lockout 🔒
  11. 11. The Morning After 🔒
  12. 12. The Disciplinary Summons 🔒
  13. 13. The Safehouse 🔒
  14. 14. The Masquerade Invitation 🔒
  15. 15. The Gown and the Mask 🔒
  16. 16. The Arrival at Highclere 🔒
  17. 17. The Waltz of Deception 🔒
  18. 18. The Third Floor Breach 🔒
  19. 19. The Escape from Highclere 🔒
  20. 20. The Rooftop Jump 🔒
  21. 21. The Safehouse Regroup 🔒
  22. 22. Decoding the Hardware Token 🔒
  23. 23. The Midnight Fever 🔒
  24. 24. The Morning After the Breakout 🔒
  25. 25. The Campus Police Sweep 🔒
  26. 26. The Press Room Interrogation 🔒
  27. 27. Staged Hostility in the Dining Hall 🔒
  28. 28. The Anonymous Text Strikes 🔒
  29. 29. Finding Maya's Hidden Diary 🔒
  30. 30. The Offshore Cayman Trail 🔒
  31. 31. Infiltrating Archive Room 12-B 🔒
  32. 32. The Audio Trap 🔒
  33. 33. The Sealed Microfiche 🔒
  34. 34. Midnight Coffee and Broken Barriers 🔒
  35. 35. The Rained-Out Regatta 🔒
  36. 36. The Confession in the Boat House 🔒
  37. 37. The Blackmailer Unmasked 🔒
  38. 38. The Secret Bank Ledger Decrypted 🔒
  39. 39. The Impending Storm 🔒
  40. 40. Sealed Vows 🔒
  41. 41. The 8:00 AM Earthquake 🔒
  42. 42. The Walk of Defiance 🔒
  43. 43. Boardroom A: The Confrontation 🔒
  44. 44. Arthur's Ghost 🔒
  45. 45. The Federal Injunction Arrives 🔒
  46. 46. The Resignation of the Dean 🔒
  47. 47. The Aftermath of Founder's Tower 🔒
  48. 48. The Student Solidarity Rally 🔒
  49. 49. Julian's Desperate Counterstrike 🔒
  50. 50. The Offshore Shell Liquidation Battle 🔒
  51. 51. The Cabin on Cape Ann 🔒
  52. 52. Under the Coastal Pines 🔒
  53. 53. The Return to Campus 🔒
  54. 54. Interviewing the Seventeen 🔒
  55. 55. Restoring Maya's Fellowship 🔒
  56. 56. The Mole in the Newsroom Exposed 🔒
  57. 57. Liam Vance's Confession 🔒
  58. 58. The Restructured Editorial Board 🔒
  59. 59. The Interim Trustees 🔒
  60. 60. The Forensic Audit Report 🔒
  61. 61. Adrian's Speech to the Faculty Senate 🔒
  62. 62. A Dinner with Adrian's Mother 🔒
  63. 63. The Family Reconciliation 🔒
  64. 64. The Shadow Over the Centennial Dinner 🔒
  65. 65. The Calm Before the Final Trial 🔒
  66. 66. The Federal Arraignment 🔒
  67. 67. The Final Slander 🔒
  68. 68. The Sentencing of Carter Hayes 🔒
  69. 69. The Disbarment of Marcus Vance 🔒
  70. 70. The Restitution Fund 🔒
  71. 71. The Campus Election 🔒
  72. 72. A Walk in the Winter Frost 🔒
  73. 73. The Architecture Portfolio 🔒
  74. 74. Tessa's Pulitzer Nomination 🔒
  75. 75. The Thanksgiving Reunion 🔒
  76. 76. A Winter Evening by the Hudson 🔒
  77. 77. The Return of the Alums 🔒
  78. 78. The New Code of Academic Conduct 🔒
  79. 79. Confronting the Past at Fairweather 🔒
  80. 80. The Vindication Ceremony 🔒
  81. 81. The Winter Solstice Ball 🔒
  82. 82. A Dance Under the Ice Chandeliers 🔒
  83. 83. The Graduate Admissions Letters 🔒
  84. 84. The Acceptance to Harvard GSD 🔒
  85. 85. The Eve of the Final Semester 🔒
  86. 86. The Thaw of Spring 🔒
  87. 87. Groundbreaking on the Commons 🔒
  88. 88. Maya's Breakthrough 🔒
  89. 89. The Senior Capstone Showcase 🔒
  90. 90. The Book Deal 🔒
  91. 91. The Handover of the Sentinel 🔒
  92. 92. A Picnic in Concord 🔒
  93. 93. The Eve of Commencement 🔒
  94. 94. The Robes of Honor 🔒
  95. 95. Commencement on the Quad 🔒
  96. 96. The Valedictorian's Address 🔒
  97. 97. Conferral of the Degrees 🔒
  98. 98. The Tossing of the Caps 🔒
  99. 99. The Proposal at the Rose Fountain 🔒
  100. 100. The Vow of Forever 🔒
  101. 101. Packing the Loft 🔒
  102. 102. The First Day at Harvard 🔒
  103. 103. The First Byline in New York 🔒
  104. 104. The Train Between Two Cities 🔒
  105. 105. Beyond the Crown (Epilogue) 🔒

Chapter 17

The Waltz of Deception

The Campus King Owns My Secret · Devendra Katariya · 6 min read

The string orchestra on the mezzanine transitioned seamlessly into a sweeping, minor-key waltz—Dmitri Shostakovich's Second Waltz, its haunting, melancholic strings filling the vaulted four-story hall with dramatic tension. In the center of the polished parquet ballroom floor, several couples stepped into the dance circle, their silk trains and satin capes swirling in hypnotic patterns beneath the cascading crystal chandeliers. Adrian stopped at the edge of the floor, turning to face…

Keep reading in the app

This chapter is in the Booknovel app. Unlock it with coins, a short ad, the free timer or VIP.

Open chapter 17 in the app
Download on theApp Store Get it onGoogle Play
Read offline in the app Open app