Noel
I watched as River stormed toward me, his expression thunderous, and I barely had time to think before his hands were on my shoulders, shoving me down to the cold, hard floor. My knees scraped against the surface, but the sting didn’t hit me nearly as hard as the humiliation when I realized the whole court had gone silent. And then, as if the first blow wasn’t enough, he sneered down at me.
“Get out of the court, loser. You don’t belong here.”
His words echoed in my ears, louder than they probably were, and something inside me snapped. For a moment, all the self-control I’d been clutching slipped right through my fingers. I stood up, my heart pounding so loudly I couldn’t even hear the whispers from the onlookers. Before I knew what I was doing, my hand whipped through the air, c
