when I meet malicious eyes.
Adam Herran.
He leans against the wall separating the 8th tower from the car park, glaring at me. No. Not glaring. He seems as if he’s barely stopping himself from attacking me.
Adam Herran is the biggest bully in RES.
He made mine and Kim’s life hell these past two years by using every trick in the bullying book. The one who locked me in the showers for five hours? Adam. The one who tripped me on my first day in the cafeteria? Adam.
Last year, Kim received an anonymous love letter. She was over the moon at the thought of someone having a crush on her. Said someone asked her to wait near the 6th tower after school, and she did.
After one hour of waiting, Adam and his goons poured paint and water all over her and laughed in her face.
Who in their right mind would love a fat pig like you? Are you on delusional pills?
Kim ran home crying and after that, she came up with her transformation plan.
Silver, the bitch queen herself, witnessed the event and didn’t appear amused at all.
I was so livid, so humiliated on Kim’s behalf that I went to the principal. And surprise, surprise, Silver was already in the office. She witnessed against Adam along with me.
That got him suspended, but it didn’t stop him.
Now that I think about it, that was practically the only time Silver did a decent thing.
She even told me something once we were out of the principal’s office.
‘You need to pick your battles, Frozen.’ Then she rolled her eyes and buggered off before I could ask her what the hell she meant by that.
Bottom line is, Adam is bad. However, he’s backed off since Aiden stepped up for both of us.
Whoa.
Now that I think about it, Aiden stopped the bullying for Kim and me.
Adam is the captain of the rugby team and somewhat popular. He also has some aristocratic title behind him, but his power doesn’t compare to Aiden or any of the horsemen.
He’s been smart enough to not antagonise Aiden or get on his radar, but his glares chill me out of my skin.
“What are you looking at?” I jut my chin.
“Nothing,” he says with nonchalance, pushing off the wall. “Just waiting to see the clusterfuck you’ll be in.”
And then he’s heading inside the tower.
I want to follow and ask him what the hell he means by that. However, that could be exactly what he wants and I don’t give bullies what they want.
Well, except for Aiden. But that dickhead takes without asking for permission anyway.
Ugh. I really hate that he’s not speaking to me.
Maybe I should text him or —
No. Nope. I won’t cower away.
Kim texts me that she’s waiting for me by the car. I text back that I’m almost there.
When I round the corner, I find her blocking Silver’s way to her car. From the expression on my friend’s face, it seems like she’s taunting her.
I like Kim’s confident change. I really do. But I don’t want her to turn into the bullies who ruined our lives.
We’re bigger than them.
We’re bigger than Adam Herran and Silver Queens.
Hell. We’re even bigger than Aiden King and Xander Knight.
I hurry to them and grip Kim by the arm. “Let’s go. We won’t lower ourselves to their level.”
Silver has the scarf wrapped tightly around her face. She stares at me, but it’s neither of maliciousness or fear. It’s more like with calculation.
I narrow my eyes. Is she trying to challenge me again right now?
“You ruined everything, do you know that?” she asks me.
“What are you talking about?”
“This is a bigger game than you and I, Elsa.”
I pause for a second. That’s the first time she calls me by my actual name. Usually, it’s Frozen this and Frozen that.
Huh. Did it take a beating for her to finally respect me?
“I have one piece of advice for you.”
“We don’t need your advice,” Kim snaps at her.
Silver doesn’t pay her attention and continues in a calm tone. “If you still want King, then stay away from Cole.”
She sidesteps us, then stops. “And oh. You watched me fall. One day, I’ll return the favour and watch you fall, too.”
She storms to her car with fast steps.
“Bitch,” Kim hisses. “You should’ve let me tell her a piece of my mind.”
“We’re not Silver, Kim. We were bullied all our lives, we won’t be those type of people, okay?”
“Whatever.” She throws her hands in the air and stalks to her car.
Great.
Inside, I receive a text.
Knox: