Brittany's POV
I watched her. Cassandra.
She walked into the school looking as meek and frail as ever, head slightly down, her steps cautious like she didn’t belong here. She didn’t.
But then, there they were. The BAD brothers.
They were behind her, flanking her like she was someone important. Like she was someone who deserved protecting. Draven with his smug smirk. Axel, ever unreadable. And Brian—the one who infuriated me the most—glaring down anyone who dared to look at her the wrong way.
The whispers started before they even made it past the lockers.
“She’s always with them now.”
“Do you think they’re…?”
“No way. I mean, look at her.”
The comments reached me, fueling the fire that was already raging inside me. They grated on my nerves, each one a fresh scratch o
