Chapter 107. Part 2: Episode 9

As if on cue, the teacher entered, carrying a stack of papers. The classroom went quiet. The lesson began, but Zaylien’s mind was elsewhere. He wasn’t listening. His thoughts were dark, circling the same thing over and over again. Revenge.

Those four idiots had thought it was funny to humiliate him in front of the entire locker room. Red paint all over his face and uniform—laughing like clowns while he stood there, boiling inside. They thought he was weak. They thought they could walk away without consequences.

No one humiliates me like that and gets away with it.

He leaned back in his chair, pretending to listen, but in reality, he was already planning.

The bell rang, loud and clear, signaling the end of the period and the start of break. Students rushed out with chatter and laughter, but Zaylien stood up slowly, controlled. The twins rose with him, following his pace as the three of them headed toward the cafeteria.

Inside, the cafeteria buzzed with n