Boxset Bully: Arcadia High Anarchists Complete Series by Max Henry

Author:Max Henry [Henry, Max]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
Publisher: Max Henry
Published: 2021-03-09T18:30:00+00:00

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The bruised muscles in my face ache each time I find it in me to smile, yet I endure the pain as I fire off a last message to Lacey. She tells me she spent most of the night, last night, sorting through the mountain of notifications her social media gave her after her phone and laptop had received enough charge.

My guess is the majority of the “concerned” acquaintances simply dug for dirt. And if I know my sister well enough, she would have dodged the need to answer their questions without them realising she’d done so.

C: Keep your head down today and remember – take nothing to heart.

She fires back with lightning speed.

L: I could tell you the same :P I’ll let you know how it went this afternoon.

A sigh passes my lips, lost on the spring breeze that coasts past the school gates. I pocket the phone in my blazer and shrug my shoulders to force them back. I’ve always been proud of who I was. I’m not about to start doubting my intentions now.

These entitled pricks think they can make me fall. Believe they can command me to cower at their feet and repent my misgivings. They feel that their inherited wealth gives them an iron-clad advantage over the likes of me, but what they fail to see is that hardship builds character.

Every time I fail; every time I fall back and lose ground; every goddamn time that I play the game wrong, I learn.

I discover where the faults lie. And if those faults are the very thing stopping me from tipping their golden platform into the sea of hungry faces at their feet, then surely those same faults are the weaknesses the Chosen work so hard to hide.

Conquer one, defeat them all.

Letting my gaze roam left to right, I scour the main entrance for any sign of trouble. Curious gazes fall upon my battered and bruised face—no doubt a hot topic for the lunch hall—but aside from the morbid curiosity of the student body, I see no sign of the three amigos.

Richard, Ingrid, and Arthur.

“Hey, handsome.”

I whip my head right and instantly regret it when pain shoots down my spine. Greer giggles at her joke, flitting across the polished marble to stand at my side.

“Where were you yesterday?” She tilts her head to the side, auburn locks falling over her shoulder. “I tried to find you after fifth period for that ride out to see Lacey.”

“I saw her Monday afternoon when she collected her stuff.” I shrug, scouring the halls behind her. “Figured I’d let you two catch up without me.”

“Oh. Okay.” Her feet slide together, long legs stiff as she drags her bag in front of her. “Is everything okay?”

No. I can’t shake the feeling that something isn’t right today. My gut screams to abort, yet my pride pushes me forward into the halls. “For now.”

Greer’s lips twitch into a brief smile before her chin falls and she stares at the floor between us. I reach out and lift her head, brow firm while I study her fine features.

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