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MASON

He was coht, so I shifted, blocked his punch, and rounded with my own My fist hit the side of his eye, and he doubled over There was a crowd around us, but I couldn’t hear theuy This was Sebastian’s crowd They wanted a fight They got one, and this lackey would be the third guy I took down It was ain ragged breaths, and his hand raised to his head He was checking out how much blood was there, and then the yells started to filter through my haze

“Get up!”

“Let’s go!”

They’d been screa like that for the last hour It never et up, and I’d hit them back down When one was knocked out, another would step in, and I’d fight hiht

I hadn’t fought in so long, but this felt good, finally being able to release the demons Sebastian wanted to destroy my friendship with Nate That failed Nate left their fraternity instead, and they went after ot Marissa instead She wasn’t innocent in sos, but she was an innocent of this war And Sebastian won that battle

He got to Marissa

I didn’t knoas promised or as threatened, but she testified that she didn’t re there It was onlytruck that ca The only evidence I had on Sebastian was Nate’s recording where he adirl, but it wasn’t enough to condemn their futures The university didn’t want a criminal case, so the fraternity was banned Each individual member could attend Cain University, but not within their fraternity That was it, though

My revenge was simple I burnt their house down

They tried to get me expelled, but no evidence was found They couldn’t pin that on ht back, but I was given a break—until tonight

They aiting forsession

A third one ca hi hiround, and he stared up atwas up, and I brought it down He twisted to the side, but I still clipped hih to make him slow his attack He rolled to the side and lay there, shaking his head clear

A fourth was charging toward me

I stooda fistful of his shirt, and hit hiht punch, connecting with hiht hiround There weretheir turn

I took in a deep breath,labored

This could go on forever If they kept co at me, they’d win They’d wear laring with their hands closed in fists by their sides

They aiting for their leader, and then he came forward

Park Sebastian

He was clapping with an ugly s just outside ofHe dropped the saze on e “Aren’t you full of surprises?”

With the back of my hand, I wiped the blood from my mouth Sebastian watched the motion and followed as I wiped it off on my pants

He added, “I wasn’t aware that you could fight”

I narrowedit would injure me and I’d be off the team I could’ve been off the team permanently No more football for me No professional career either

I tilted ?

“You took er at h, in a way, you saved the university fro it”

“They did rebuild it”

“It’s a fucking daycare now”

There was the Park Sebastian I knew The cool and calht one I wanted to face the real one I wanted him front and center

“What are you doing, Sebastian?”

He nodded once, clipping his head up and down to hi, exhausting you, and we’d eventually win We could do whatever anted to you” He pointed to“Maybe break that” He pointed to my arm “Or tear the tendons in those so you can’t catch a ball anyer moved up and down, froain Run a truck over you, and you’d be done for There’d be no going back, but here’s my dilemma The university would have to step in, and at some point, they’d let the law come with them That’s the dilemma”

He stepped back, his hands resting on his hips “I don’t want to go to prison because of you Checkone, literally in all ways We’re not allowed to function as a house of brothers anymore, but in our hearts, we still are The other chapters know that, so even though we’re not officially recognized as fraternity brothers, we still are Outside of the university, outside of all the universities, we’re still brothers” He tapped where his heart was “You couldn’t take this fro to take from you”

Time slowed

I knew I’d always known

Saet away froan in Fallen Crest In soht that the farther away she was, the safer she would be

His lips began to for He was still going after her, and she would be at Cain University next year, co her to him

His words were low and gravelly I heard the off into take your heart away”

No

That da back to him, he added, “And you won’t be able to stopto be the best thing about it You won’t be able to do a da to do it, she’ll co to savor that day when she walks fro to take hers I’ to hurt her in a way so that she’ll never be the sa to rip her soul from her body”

I snapped One step took rabbed hi punch after punch, until his guys tore me from his body They had to liftback for more

I wanted to rip his insides out, but as I was trying to hurt him, I kneouldn’t matter

He was going after Sam

SAMANTHA

Weddings here two souls became one, but for me, it was a day where I was about to beat a bitch down I was staring at that girl now as I opened the door, and Cass Sullivan was on the doorstep Dressed in a tight skirt that ended below her knees with a slit up the thigh and a sequined top that dipped loeen her breasts, she was ready for the wedding festivities Her hair was pinned on the top of her head with curled tendrils that fell to frame her face A normal person would’ve looked beautiful, but this was Cass

I drawled, “This must be your dream come true”

Her heated eyes rolled upward before she sighed “Seriously?”

Oh, yes

Seriously I was trying to keep fro up at the Kade house to see your boyfriend You’ve got to be wet This is what you’ve been salivating about for years, right?”

“Oh uys are all sleeping here for the weekend Is he inside or not?”

A girl had to enjoy this torture I had my fair share of enemies for four years now, but Cass was one that never went away She had hated lue, refusing to go away Her latest venture was as Mark’s girlfriend, ould be my stepbrother after today

I folded my arms over my chest “Maybe”

“Sam! For real?”

I lifted a shoulder “Maybe not”