They were all begging for mercy, but couldn't even manage to spit out a full sentence between the blows.

Who would've thought they'd run into Mr. Ashcroft today?

And without a word, he just started swinging!

Their previous injuries hadn't even healed, and now they were getting roughed up again.

Jasper was off to the side, munching on a bag of peanuts and chuckling at the spectacle.

He'd heard they saw from the security footage that Elian had shown up, so he skipped dinner just to catch the action.

And boy, was it worth it.

Sure, Elian was rough, but he knew where to hit.

The kind of hits that hurt like hell but didn't cause any serious damage.

That was the mark of a professional.

Just like Miranda, from what Hugo and the rest had griped about, she had a similar style when she dealt with them.

Though, to be fair, Miranda didn't hit quite as hard as Elian.

But this?

Oof, just watching it made one wince.

"Mr. Ashcroft, we messed up. We're good with Ms. Lancaster now!"

"Yeah, yeah, we're in the same group chat! Stop hitting us, please!"

guys

thought all

was the one trying to

do that couldn't be up to any good,

at her

evaporated after

they had pieced together

did they realize how utterly wrong they

believe they'd taken Celeste's word over the mountain

the truth about Miranda, they almost wanted to slap themselves for how they'd treated

specifically called Miranda over, intending to apologize properly, with

waiting long before Elian

with him, a flurry of

were too stunned

a cool, questioning voice cut through the

are you

that was

straightened up, turning to look at

and the others turned to look too, their

his buddies'

just to watch them get

his previously fierce eyes

he'd been holding and made a beeline for

so quickly that before

say "Eli." she found

in a warm embrace.

from his broad chest seeped into her

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