Ella
The cafeteria had never been this quiet. Even the students who usually whispered behind their hands were completely still, watching the tension unfold between Damon and Aidan.
Damon leaned back in his chair, arms crossed, a smirk playing at his lips. “You sure you want to do this here, Aidan?”
Aidan’s silver eyes darkened. “Stand. Up.”
A chair scraped against the floor as Damon finally rose, standing at full height. He wasn’t as tall as Aidan, but he wasn’t intimidated either. The air between them crackled, like two storms about to collide.
Nikolai, who had been standing beside Aidan, sighed dramatically. “We just wanted to have lunch, and now we’re dealing with this.”
I glanced around, noticing how everyone had slowly backed away from our table. Even the cafeteria w
