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I’ at her fro, but I heard the footsteps before she did I was on roup fro her She looked like a trapped deer, not able to irl towered over her

My feet werebefore I ordered them to, and I heard my name as I drew close None of theht up on theain? Dream on, Gabe Russo has no interest in the likes of you” What the fuck? Victoria held out her hand for the book while Gianna clutched it closer to her chest

My anger was not warranted, I’ teenagers, but I wanted to toss them the fuck into a tree trunk headfirst Instead, I walked into the o” I held outht against her chest

It was then I saw the lared around at her bullies, who all stepped back as if finally sensing the danger they were in I saved the worst ofher hand firh them

She just followed along same as the day before, no words spoken between us Once weout of a daze What the hell am I supposed to do with her now? I saw the twins off to the side with their posse giving e looks while onlookers whispered behind their hands Well shit, with this bunch, we’ll be ossip h

GABRIEL

Fuck it! Unlike the day before, I didn’t look for any out-of-the-way places, just took her to the first open seat I found, which was easy because the onlookers knew to get the hell out ofonto my temper pretty well until I sat down across froain

I didn’t say anything for the longest while, just looked at her “Who slapped you?” The bruise had to be more than a few hours old at least, and I hadn’t seen any of the twits that surrounded her raise their hand, which is the only reason I walked aithout laying them all out In case you haven’t noticed, I do not discri with assholes Male, fee of ten

“It’s nothing, don’t worry about it” I got up without another word and got a jolt when she reached out and grabbed my arm

“Where’re you going?” She sounded terrified, but I couldn’t put tooto figure out what the hell she’d zapped me with

I seriously looked down at the connection, and she caught herself and droppedto slap every last one of the with your stepsister” Her eyes damn near popped out of her head

“You can’t Besides, it wasn’t them”

“Was it your dad?” Soot to tell you, I already had a good

“No, it wasn’t uessing she thinks I’d believe that shit Thinking about how often she uts hurt I wanted to ask her a million questions but couldn’t see on at that table, so otten about the people around us

“Shit, give me your hand” She didn’t ask any questions, just reached her hand out tothat all eyes were on us but had to take a ain before it settled I didn’t let on to her or anyone else that I was in trouble, though, just smoothly put it away for later

“Do you knohy I’ this?” She shook her head no while her face burned red,that damn mark more pronounced “This is to protect you If I don’t show these idiots that you’re with me, they’ll hound you like an animal”