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!"

know you guys actually knew each

all the online gossip was

that Miranda was the one trying to cozy

their minds, any woman who'd do that couldn't be up to any good, oblivious to her own

looked at her

prejudices only evaporated

the past few days, they had

how utterly wrong they

taken Celeste's word over the mountain of

they almost wanted to slap themselves for how they'd

called Miranda over, intending to apologize

waiting long before Elian

him, a flurry

too stunned

then, a cool, questioning voice cut through the

you guys

the fist that was about to drop hung suspended in the

slowly straightened up, turning to look

and the others turned to look too, their

frowned, seeing that Hugo and his buddies'

over just to watch them

a smile, his previously fierce eyes

let go of the guy he'd been holding and

quickly that

say "Eli." she found

a warm embrace. tent

chest seeped into her skin, spreading through

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