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beneath them.
“Let her go.” Liam spoke in a gravelly voice. The words blew down over the top of my hair. How tall was he? Kirk looked over my head. He pulled his lips back over his teeth like an animal.
“Back off, Hale. Sit your little Swedish ass down before I teach you the rules here.”
“I won’t tell you again.” Liam sounded serious.
I ached to warn him, but emotion strangled me. Kirk didn’t fight fair and he fought often. Whatever happened next wouldn’t be good and I had no way to stop it. Defeat and desperation fought for position in my muddled brain.
Kirk’s grip loosened on my shoulders. The muscle in his jaw twitched. A vein in his neck bulged blue. Fear for Liam replaced my concern for the bruises raising on my shoulders.
Kirk stepped around me, dropping his hands in a palms-up come-at-me motion.
Liam matched Kirk’s move. “He doesn’t like that you dumped him and he’s not ready to let you go so easily. He says whatever will make you angry, just to get a response—which you give too freely.”
I scoffed. Worst. Hero. Ever. “Excuse me?”
Liam continued speaking to me; his attention wholly focused on Kirk. “I suspect he regrets losing you and has dejectedly accepted public harassment as a way to remain in your life. It serves a secondary purpose as well, by warning off other potential suitors.”
“And you think I respond too freely ?” I spat his words back at him.
“Your heated responses fuel the fire.”
For a moment, I wasn’t sure who I wanted to hit more.
Kirk moved forward, balling his hands into fists. Rage contorted his features, reminding me of the very real fight brewing.
Liam leered at Kirk. “Thank the gods. Are you finally out of words?”
Pleas crammed their way out of my mouth in a jumbled heap. “Don’t. Liam. Stop. He’s not worth a suspension on your second day. Forget about him. Let it go.” Much as I wanted to smack him for his insinuation I provided fuel for Kirk’s idiocy, I didn’t want to see him suspended.
“Nope.”
I blinked. What? Nope? Who was this guy?
“I’d listen to her, chap.” Kirk sucked his teeth, pleased at the only foreign expression he’d probably ever heard. One they probably never used outside of old movies.
Liam placed his hand on the small of my back as he repositioned himself between me and my bully.
“Callie’s my new friend.” An edge of possessiveness darkened the shocking statement. “You shouldn’t provoke my friends.”
Kirk dropped his head back and barked a laugh. I tilted my head back for a better look at Liam’s face. Did he not just insult me five seconds ago? The students all stared, texting rapidly in their seats.
Kirk repeated his orders. “I told you to sit down.”
“Nope.”
I smirked. Nope was strangely funny in the face of Kirk’s wrath.
Kirk dropped his gaze to me and pursed his lips. He shot a long arm out to grab me again, but Liam knocked it away midair. A gasp rolled over our crowd.
“Don’t touch her.”
“Fine.” Kirk shoved the sleeves of his shirt up to his elbows. “Maybe a good country ass kicking will teach you a lesson, chap.”
Again with the chap.
Liam punched Kirk in the head without warning and his chin flipped upward. Kirk stumbled backward. Awkwardly regaining balance, he dove for Liam. I jumped out of the way, tangling my feet in the legs of my chair. I went down on the floor beside them.
“Mr. Hale! Mr. Fennel!” The librarian screamed. I hadn’t seen her return. “Stop it this instant!” She banged her palm on the little silver service bell at her desk. “Someone get the principal.” She stomped across the floor to where the guys were throttling one another. She rapped them on the heads with a green plastic fly swatter until they disengaged their limbs and stood like two fighters torn apart at an MMA match.
“Are you okay?” Liam squatted instantly before me when he saw me sitting on the floor. He extended his hand and pulled me up with
“Let her go.” Liam spoke in a gravelly voice. The words blew down over the top of my hair. How tall was he? Kirk looked over my head. He pulled his lips back over his teeth like an animal.
“Back off, Hale. Sit your little Swedish ass down before I teach you the rules here.”
“I won’t tell you again.” Liam sounded serious.
I ached to warn him, but emotion strangled me. Kirk didn’t fight fair and he fought often. Whatever happened next wouldn’t be good and I had no way to stop it. Defeat and desperation fought for position in my muddled brain.
Kirk’s grip loosened on my shoulders. The muscle in his jaw twitched. A vein in his neck bulged blue. Fear for Liam replaced my concern for the bruises raising on my shoulders.
Kirk stepped around me, dropping his hands in a palms-up come-at-me motion.
Liam matched Kirk’s move. “He doesn’t like that you dumped him and he’s not ready to let you go so easily. He says whatever will make you angry, just to get a response—which you give too freely.”
I scoffed. Worst. Hero. Ever. “Excuse me?”
Liam continued speaking to me; his attention wholly focused on Kirk. “I suspect he regrets losing you and has dejectedly accepted public harassment as a way to remain in your life. It serves a secondary purpose as well, by warning off other potential suitors.”
“And you think I respond too freely ?” I spat his words back at him.
“Your heated responses fuel the fire.”
For a moment, I wasn’t sure who I wanted to hit more.
Kirk moved forward, balling his hands into fists. Rage contorted his features, reminding me of the very real fight brewing.
Liam leered at Kirk. “Thank the gods. Are you finally out of words?”
Pleas crammed their way out of my mouth in a jumbled heap. “Don’t. Liam. Stop. He’s not worth a suspension on your second day. Forget about him. Let it go.” Much as I wanted to smack him for his insinuation I provided fuel for Kirk’s idiocy, I didn’t want to see him suspended.
“Nope.”
I blinked. What? Nope? Who was this guy?
“I’d listen to her, chap.” Kirk sucked his teeth, pleased at the only foreign expression he’d probably ever heard. One they probably never used outside of old movies.
Liam placed his hand on the small of my back as he repositioned himself between me and my bully.
“Callie’s my new friend.” An edge of possessiveness darkened the shocking statement. “You shouldn’t provoke my friends.”
Kirk dropped his head back and barked a laugh. I tilted my head back for a better look at Liam’s face. Did he not just insult me five seconds ago? The students all stared, texting rapidly in their seats.
Kirk repeated his orders. “I told you to sit down.”
“Nope.”
I smirked. Nope was strangely funny in the face of Kirk’s wrath.
Kirk dropped his gaze to me and pursed his lips. He shot a long arm out to grab me again, but Liam knocked it away midair. A gasp rolled over our crowd.
“Don’t touch her.”
“Fine.” Kirk shoved the sleeves of his shirt up to his elbows. “Maybe a good country ass kicking will teach you a lesson, chap.”
Again with the chap.
Liam punched Kirk in the head without warning and his chin flipped upward. Kirk stumbled backward. Awkwardly regaining balance, he dove for Liam. I jumped out of the way, tangling my feet in the legs of my chair. I went down on the floor beside them.
“Mr. Hale! Mr. Fennel!” The librarian screamed. I hadn’t seen her return. “Stop it this instant!” She banged her palm on the little silver service bell at her desk. “Someone get the principal.” She stomped across the floor to where the guys were throttling one another. She rapped them on the heads with a green plastic fly swatter until they disengaged their limbs and stood like two fighters torn apart at an MMA match.
“Are you okay?” Liam squatted instantly before me when he saw me sitting on the floor. He extended his hand and pulled me up with
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