school th
He looked awful. The red mark on his cheek from his uncle's hand had bloo
mped into his seat in the back, and imm
ad. He was here. He hadn't given up complete
r eyes immediately landing on the figure in the
r, and stopped right in front of his desk. She slapped a textbook d
said, her voice dripping with sarcasm. "Mr. Rile
at her, his face
"You've missed an entire week of school, Riley. Wh
gh the classroom. Everyone knew the Ri
ughing students, a hot f
that everyone could hear. "Some students have family legacies to uphold, Mr. Ril
to, slid cleanly and qu
sis saw his hands clench into fists under the desk, his knuckles turning white. She was terrified he
n't let t
stoo
. Ga
t cut through the tense sile
er. Cas looked at her, his
hocked. "Miss Greene, this do
a teacher, I don't believe it's appropriate for you to p
lotchy, angry red. "I am disciplining a problem student!
of something unreadable in his eyes, before he
d without a mom
ed, grabbing her arm. "She
k her head and pu
ck and forth, calling Cas a delinquent, a disgrace to the school, a lost c
ye of a hurricane. He wasn't numb, Genesis realized. He was just... done.
ep breath. It
struction site, or his aunt and uncle, or the man with the b
ad to
rfect lie began t
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