AMARA'S POV
“Next time, watch where you’re pushing someone to. Not everyone can handle the fall.”
His voice cut through the air..cold, sharp, and mocking. Laughter erupted around me, stabbing harder than any blade could.
He wasn’t defending me. He was mocking me.
Professor Black.
The one person I thought..just maybe…would see through the lies, through the mess, through me. The one person I thought understood me and my plight.
But no… I was wrong.
The laughter grew louder. I could feel their eyes burning into my skin, their whispers slicing me open. My chest tightened as I tried to hold it together. My chin trembled, but I bit down on it to stop the tears from falling. I wouldn’t give them that satisfaction. I wouldn’t let them see me break.
Still, something inside me cracked.
I th
