way tiles, clutching her throbbing hand. Tears of pain and humiliation

slowly cleaned the fingers that had touched Kenzie. She wiped her

y. She looked around at the growing crowd of students and

voice echoing off the lockers. "He stalks Maverick e

at Zero, the old memories of the pathet

wipe perfectly into a nearby trash can. She turned

front of her. The sheer physical dominance in Zer

loud, but it carried a chilling resonan

lute disdain. "I have zero interest in Maverick Thorne.

dropped. People stared at Zero as i

g smirk. "I used to be blind. My taste

e weapon-the narrative that Zero was obsess

glass of the second-floor VIP cafeteri

legend in the esports world was still required to complete his mandatory academic residency at River City Academy. His long legs were crossed

en slice of pizza hanging from his mouth. "Holy crap!" Finn mumbled aro

in cup. His knuckles turned white. A surge of i

He slammed the cup down onto the marble tab

s just another desperate, path

he looks... different today. Really different.

red at the boy in the black suit below. A st

from the stunned crowd. She started

rs on the back of

ned her instincts to a razor's edge. She felt it. A hea

tilted her head back and shot her gaze directly

mpletely opaque from the outside. There was no physical way Zero coul

ass, but the arrogant, freezing aura seeping t

's smirk widened into somethi

and middle fingers together, and tapped them

alked through th

just stood. His jaw clenched so hard a muscle ticked in his cheek