Chapter 5

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As I stormed towards Bessie, I curled my fingers into lists, feeling that familiar anger brew within me like hot water. I noticed the closer I got, the sharper Bessie's smile became and I could see her muscles tighten as her friends moved into strategic positions: Was this not a trap? 1 thought to myself Still, I couldn't just walk away from Sadie, not when she was crying helplessly under Bessie's merciless grip making my heart ache for her. I came to a stop just a feet from the spoiled brat, so close I could perceive her s**d cherry blossom perfume. By now, the entire I cafeteria had gone quiet as if the whole world had stopped to hold their breath.

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"Let her go" I said quietly, taking deep breaths to calm my body from shaking from anger. Bessie's forest green eyes narrowed. "And why would I do that, Ryn" She deadpanned.

"Because I asked r

I breathed.

Bessie glanced at her friends before bursting into laughter. "Wow. Miss Elite Warrior is getting super ****** these days. First it was hospitalizing my boyfriend, and now it's threatening me. Her mocking smile faded. "Have you forgotten that engaging in fights is against school policy? And if And if you lay a hand on me, I'll have my dad kick your poor, dusty **** out of this school and inform the Princes of your behaviour!" Wasn't t that what she wanted?

I took another deep breath, repressing my wolf. "I don't want to fight, okay? Just let her go."

Bessie's eyes went vacant like she was thinking about what I said "You know what? I'll let her go, on one condition." I her warily. "What condition?"

Reyes!

Bessie's lips widened. "I heard my boyfriend's wish was for you to kiss his shoes and beg before you put him in a d***n coma: Well, as his loyal girlfriend," she flicked one side of her blonde hair back, "I want to finish what he started." "Excuse me? I blinked.

to pressure me. I glanced at Sadie and found her shaking her ead at me, silently begging me not to do it for her. My hand found the pendant around my neck and fiddled with it. I have never begged for anything in my life. Could I still possibly walk away now? Was

to make a point, she

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here, the worse it gets for me so I opened my mouth, and summoned the courage to

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to serve their death sentence. Closing my eyes, I felt body bend over till my lips touched her shoe. Time seemed to stop in that moment, then the whole room erupted in a chaos of laughter and murmurs and mockery so much that a dam of tears broke within me but I held them in. I will not cry in front of these people. I

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felt the weight of her insult land on my head. I froze, just as the room went silent. Someone gasped and then I heard Sadie's voice. "You didn't have to do that!" "Shut up, b****h" What happened

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instead. Another booooh erupted from the crowd as I heard a soft crack and when I pulled back, I found Bessie's nose gushing blood. "That's for hurting Sadie." ." I said, and this is for being such a pain in my a***!" I stepped back and kicked her in the stomach, sending her flying through the air before landing on her butt. Bessie rolled over and clutched her stomach, her face etched in pain. I turned to her friends who were still filming and dared them with my eyes to come forward. Instead, they shifted back and ran to help Bessie up. Sadie scurried from the ground and grabbed my hand urgently: "Come, let's get out of here!"

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blood, gripping her stomach while groaning. "What the hell happened?!" Her father asked and her friends pointed at me. In just a few sentences, I was labelled as the instigator, attacking Bessie for no reason. "That's not true!" I started to say but Principal Crow's face was

He growled. "You are no longer welcome in this

as the weight of his words settled on me. "Please, Mr. Crow, you have

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