“Hey bro, you finally came! What took you so long?”
“Sorry man, I ran into some trouble. A couple of bullies were trying to extort a classmate. You know how those gold-badge assholes are—I couldn’t just walk away. I had to handle it.”
Lucian grinned. “My bro’s a superhero now, huh?”
“Hey, take it easy,” Harry replied with a chuckle. “You don’t wanna piss off a whole gang of bullies. You can’t fend them off on your own. I’ll definitely help if you’re in trouble, but it’s just the two of us—what can we really do against a group? We’d just get our asses kicked.”
“Hahaha!” They both burst into laughter.
Then, out of the corner of his eye, Lucian caught sight of a silver-haired girl. His heart skipped a beat. There she was—Graece—the one he’d been trying his best to avoid. He never imagine
