The Ruined Bride of Velvet Nights by Brick Moving Ant

Chapter 3

I dragged myself to school with puffy eyes, having skipped the morning classes,

I slipped into the classroom after the afternoon lesson had already started.

Zephyr’s eyes locked onto me immediately, a vein visibly throbbing at his temple,

Pissed about my ghosting him last night, he reached around from behind and grabbed my waist, squeezing hard enough to leave a mark.

I shoved his hand away, which made him slam his elbow onto my desk in retaliation.

My notebook crumpled, pens and highlighters clattering to the floor.

I said nothing, just avoided his touch.

I bent down to gather my scattered supplies. He pushed his tongue against his cheek, his eyes dark with barely contained rage.

Halfway through class, a commotion erupted on the track field below.

Someone had collapsed. Everyone rushed to the windows to see what the hell was happening.

The moment we realized it was Katherine Linderman lying on the ground, Zephyr’s entire body went rigid, and he roughly shoved me aside.

“Get the fuck out of my way!” he snapped.

Despite being on the second floor during class, he stepped onto my chair and launched himself out the window.

He slid down a tree and sprinted toward the field like his life depended on it.

aggressively pushed away the

unexpected gentleness

time the rest of us reached the field, Zephyr was

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had vanished, replaced

it was jner CP, and us squealed and covered their faces.

let out a soft moan and finally

brushed her hate from her fame his eyes suddenly

right here,” he said softly.

his varsity jacket and wrapped it around

bridal–style.

stirred around them, creating the perfect romantic

beautiful cheerleader,

us reached fever

rooted to the spot, watching this

bit her lip, and curled further into Zephyr’s arms with theatrical

girlfriend is right there…

warmth evaporating

That fucking joke?

could speak, Zephyr raised his

can say shit about anything just because I messed

I will end you. Got

chest, her seemingly innocent expression betrayed by a

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