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.

the guys trying

arms with unexpected gentleness as he carried her

the rest of us reached the field, Zephyr

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cocky attitude had vanished, replaced by

Even though it was jner CP, and us squealed and covered their faces. Zephyr was actually

out a soft moan and

delicate. Zephyr gently brushed her hate

right here,” he said

varsity jacket and wrapped it around her shoulders,

bridal–style.

breeze stirred around them, creating the

the beautiful cheerleader,

us reached fever

spot, watching this nightmare play out in real time.

and curled further into Zephyr’s arms with theatrical shyness weakly pushing against his chest.

is right there… this isn’t… right…”

turned to look at me, all warmth evaporating from his eyes, replaced by icy disdain.

fucking joke?

opened my mouth, but before I could speak, Zephyr raised

anything just because I messed around with

ever make Katherine uncomfortable, I will

seemingly innocent expression betrayed by

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