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"What?" I turned to look at Ian in disbelief. When the hell did they start to care for that sack of potatoes?
They had been complaining about her this whole ti. They talked about how much they hated her and how she was the reason we didn’t have a hot girl in our dorm room, and suddenly they were worried about her well-being?
These hypocrites.
"I said, soone should clean her wounds. Co on, Clentine, take off your shirt and show us where he hurt you."
It was when Ian explained his comnt to us that I began to realize what he was trying to do.
He was the only one who didn’t show fake care for her, unlike the other two. The look on Clentine’s face said it all. She knew Ian was never on her side. He either didn’t believe her story or he wanted to embarrass her because he knew she wouldn’t show her body to anyone.
’But she did show us her boobs, and I have been—’ I shut Dane down for a very good reason. He was spared for his remark because I understood it was the mate bond fucking with him.
"I will not take off my shirt in front of any of you losers." And just like that, I hoped she had shown the two losers that she did not deserve anyone taking a stand for her.
"Ian, please stay out of it. We are not going to make her strip again after last ti," Troy hissed, making scoff and raise my eyebrow at him. What had happened to him overnight?
"Which, by the way, was a deal we made, and you broke it," Yorick agreed with Ian.
I was pondering their behavior. Sothing was going on in their minds. There’s no way even one of them was truly concerned for her.
"I did not hurt her. When tossing her over the barbed wires, she landed on the wires and that’s how she sustained those injuries. I was the one who got her freed and that’s how she escaped," I explained, watching them steadily realize I did not take her out there to assault her.
’That is not how it happened. Let jog your mory a bit. So you tried to toss her over, she fought and freed herself. Oh, and we also felt the mate bond with her. And then she won when racing against us once again.’
Every word Dane said made clench my jaw. I ignored him once again.
"I get it," Ian suddenly started chuckling, shaking his head and lighting a cigarette.
"They are trying to be in the good books of Miss Rue," he said, his eyes having this wild vibe every ti I looked at him.
I don’t know, he seed crazy to . But I couldn’t agree more with him.
"That is not true," Troy suddenly started shaking his head.
"Huh," Yorick grunted.
And just like that, I’m sure Clentine realized all this concern wasn’t for her.
"Excuse ," she hissed, walking past all of us to the bathroom.
For a mont, I noticed everyone went silent and watched her walk among us. She was short, probably 5 feet 6, shorter than most of us. But it was at that mont I noticed sothing.
Her presence had a huge impact on the surroundings. When she walked among us, we just stared. Even when she didn’t wear revealing clothes or had her hair done to show off how amazing she is. In simple words, there was nothing flashy about her, yet I saw them watch her walk away to the bathroom.
And only when she had slamd the door shut did we all break our stare and look at each other.
"You guys are assholes. We should have confronted her for complaining against us," I hissed at Troy and Yorick, who rolled their eyes and walked back to their beds.
"Dude, we’re not sure. I an, it was all fun and gas until the ringleaders ca in. I think we should get serious about this now. I heard soone from the Red Squad talk about our first mission. I don’t want any bad blood when I’m in the North," Troy clicked his tongue, speaking in his usual nonchalant tone while lying down in bed.
"He’s right. And Clentine, even though extrely annoying and an easy target for bullying, can be very unpredictable. She can be a good crusader too. So we’ll need to work together to complete our first mission. I don’t want to go in there acting like a bully. Now that I’m here, I want to be a crusader that can’t be defeated," Yorick said, making watch his face in disbelief.
I then turned to look at Ian, who was chuckling to himself while puffing out smoke from his cigarette.
"You all are losers," I comnted, leaving through the door to get so fresh air. I was seriously annoyed with them.
How dare they make toss her over just to complain and then act like I’m the only one who hasn’t grown up—like I’m still stuck in my high school bullying era.
’Can you believe them? They’re so annoying,’ I hissed, wandering farther away and taking the route I knew didn’t have lurkers around, at least for now.
However, I soon noticed the barbed wires and realized I had co too far. But that wasn’t the only thing that made stop dead in my tracks.
It was soone standing there, facing the barbed wires.
"Umm, I heard they’ve got these live now—because of what happened last night," I said, shoving my hands into my pants’ pockets and uttering the words awkwardly. I couldn’t exactly say out loud that it was because I tossed soone over, or at least tried to.
The person staring at the wires slowly turned to , and I was stunned for a mont. Her short black hair danced in the breeze, the freckles on her face made her green eyes stand out even more. And then, her timid body in a baggy sweater almost reminded of soone I hated the most.
"I can’t be a part of this academy," she whispered, her voice breaking, silent tears leaving her eyes.
It was odd, but I was fascinated.
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