Page 56 of A Blackened Bond

“What the hell did you do now?” he grits out.

I peer back toward Kane and Anders, noticing Seria’s arm wrapped around Kane’s bicep and clasping at Anders’ arm while Knox stands behind her, all of their gazes on me.

I turn back toward Xander, taking a step closer and getting mere inches from his face.

“I believe I made myself clear last time…” My tone sounds dark and hollow as I continue, “Do I need to borrow a blade to finish what I started before?”

His eyes widen for a split second before a scoff leaves his lips. His features pinch together as a mocking glare bleeds through his expression.

“You were only able to act that way because of those two around you…” He leans down closer, his breath brushing against my cheek, his eyes glinting pure vitriol hate. “You’re nothing without—”

I move quickly, pushing a little more strength into my knee as it connects with his groin. His eyes widen, the words dying on his tongue as his face scrunches up, turning a paler shade.

He bends forward, falling as I pull my knee back and slide to the side, evading the crumpling of his large frame to the tiled floor below us.

A pained grunt falls from his lips as Anders and Kane rush to his side, trying to help him.

His hand falls toward his crotch to cup his—hopefully—crushed balls.

“I didn’t need any help doing that,” I call as Kane glares daggers at me.

I grin back at him, a genuine feeling of glee stretching my lips as I watch Xander writhe on the floor in pain.

Who knew revenge could make me feelthishappy. I should do it a lot more.

“Micai!” Seria shouts, crouching down beside Xander and cupping his ashen face. “How could you hurt Xander like this? Even at the Winter Ball, you took things too far—”

“Funny…” I call, cutting her off and relishing her darkening expression. “I don’t think I went far enough. If I had, he wouldn’t be running his mouth so easily.”

Seria opens her mouth as Kane pulls himself up, taking a step toward me. A darker glare encompasses his features as he nears me.

But just as soon as he reaches for me, a hand pushes out from behind, shoving Kane back with a force so strong it sends him tumbling toward Knox before knocking them both down.

Two sets of scents envelope me before I see them; a soft honey and lavender scent, and a smoky-caramel smell that instantly has me relaxing.

I gaze up into Annex’s blue eyes as Ezra passes me, surprise widening my eyes that it had been Ezra’s hand that had shoved Kane and not Annex’s.

The psycho in question wraps his arms around me as Ezra opens his mouth.

“I’m getting tired of you assholes not getting the message.” Ezra’s cold tone sends a shiver down my spine as Annex softly chuckles behind me.

Ezra’s expression darkens, a look I’ve never seen before blanketing his features as he glares down at them all.

Kane tries to pull himself up, but Ezra stalks over, placing his foot on his back and forcing him back onto the tiled floor.

Knox tries to pull Ezra away, but one hit to the torso causes him to tumble backward and join Kane.

My brows meet my hairline. How was Ezrathisstrong?

“The next time you come near Micai…I’ll slice you into sashimi before feeding you to the sea.”

He pulls his foot back, bending down toward them as his hand grabs a chunk of Kane’s hair. He pulls his head from the ground, lifting it up to face him.

“Don’t fuck with my woman again, or I’ll tear you limb from limb until there’s nothing left. Micai is not someone you or anyone else can mess with in this academy. If you fuck with her, you fuck with us.” He pushes Kane’s face back into the ground, the force of it causing the tile to crack slightly as a pained moan leaves Kane’s lips.

Ezra pulls himself up as he fixes his jacket, glancing at each of them like they’re a speck of dirt beneath him.

“If you go around talking shit, or so much aslookat Micai…I’ll personally rip your tongue out and staple it to your damn head.”

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