"You,” he whispered, his hands reaching for my throat.
I quickly kicked his balls and he cursed. Then I kicked his chest, pushing him back.
I scrambled backward, putting distance between us and dropped to the ground to avoid a flying body that crashed into the wall on my right.
I looked to see one of the students who was fighting Nick. Zane was knocked out, blood dripping from a wound on his temple. I looked to my right and Nick had the other student pinned to the ground.
Zane woke with a groan before he attempted getting up, bruises and scratches on his cheeks and arms.
His wild green eyes met mine and he looked both worried and relieved to see me.
I glanced back at the Lark look-alike who gritted his teeth at me.
"You're the reason my life was shit! It was all you,” he shouted, pointing to me as he began to glow; the wand that he dropped levitated back into his grasp.
I cursed, scrambling to my feet as Zane dashed towards me.
"Don't you dare!" he shouted, pushing off the ground to tackle the Lark look-alike but he was too slow.
Whirlpool of wind crashing into Zane and sent him flying straight at me.
SHIT!
I didn't respond fast enough; Zane crashed into me and we both went flying straight into the wall. I heard a loud crack and I cried out before we both fell to the ground, my head immediately pounding so hard I almost vomited right away.
"Jewel!"Alice’s voice screamed and I turned to my side, pulling my legs up while I gripped my head.
Fuck! Can't...get a fucking...break.
I heard Zane groan followed by a haunting laugh.
I opened my eyes cautiously, realizing my glasses must have been flung off due to the impact.
The world was spinning and the light was making everything worse.
My eyes landed on the orange haired male who made a slow approach towards us, his wand charging with his next attack.
"The years of mockery. The bullying and name-calling. All because of you. You're the reason why my brother was put into prison. You're the reason I had to suffer because of his stupid mistake of killing your damn brother. You and your friend were the ones who ruined my life. Now I’m going to ruin yours,” he declared.
Zane struggled to get up, gripping his leg that appeared to be broken.
"Don't you dare go near her!" he shouted.
The ginger-haired male laughed.
"Look at the silent hero. This whole time you played as the villain for the sake of protecting her. You thought I couldn't tell? The way you watched her at the party, I knew right away you weren’t loyal to me. You love her just like her pathetic boyfriend who ratted out my brother. Well after all this, what did you get out of it? Here she came, running to save you and now she'll watch you die as I throw your damn body over the edge." He laughed.
No!
I quickly rolled onto my stomach, fighting the vomit that threatened to escape my throat.
The weird sensation took that moment to tingle through me like a cold wave and I gritted my teeth, realizing it was now or never. I had to think of a way to stop him.
Maybe if he couldn’t see. YES! BLINDING SPELL!
I went to my knees and quickly stood, feeling wobbly as the world continued to spin, making me feel like I might pass out.
I have to do this! I’ll end the cycle for Brother.