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!"

you guys actually knew each

that day's race, they thought all the online

that Miranda was the one trying to cozy

be up to any good, oblivious to her

at her with

evaporated after the racing

the past few days, they had pieced

realize how utterly wrong they

taken Celeste's word over the mountain of evidence

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

Miranda over, intending to apologize properly, with gifts

been waiting long before Elian

with him, a flurry

were too

a cool, questioning voice cut

you

the fist that was about to

up, turning to look at Miranda who had just

too, their

and his buddies' eyes practically screamed

just to

into a smile, his previously fierce eyes now glowing

guy he'd been holding and made

so quickly that before

say "Eli." she found

warm embrace. tent

his broad chest seeped into her skin, spreading through

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