Steel Princess (Royal Elite 2)

Elsa

The football team has practice today. We don’t. Coach Nessrine is giving us recuperating time before an upcoming competition.

I love how she takes care of us, but I wish she wouldn’t give us the time off. I need to run like I need air.

Or maybe I just need to keep my mind off things.

Aiden hasn’t spoken to me since he took off from the first class in the morning. He didn’t bug me about sitting with his team at lunch, and he didn’t tell me to watch him practice.

I could’ve gone to him first, but that’s like I admitting I did something wrong.

Which isn’t the case. He’s the one who’s making a mountain out of a molehill.

It doesn’t mean I feel less bad that he’s not talking to me.

Damn him.

I’ve been feeling shitty since the first class.

On my way to the car park, the back of my neck prickles with chilling awareness. I stop at the threshold and spot a black car with tinted windows parked near the exit.

My shoulder blades snap into a rigid line.

It’s the same Mercedes that once followed me home. It’s not a coincidence that it’s now at my school.

The urge to run grips me by the gut.

I need to save myself. I need to —

The car’s engine revs to life and the vehicle slips out of the car park.

I heave out a harsh breath, but the feeling of contempt won’t go away.

One step after the other, I walk into the car park and watch my surroundings.

What if that car returns? Should I report it to the police or something?

My feet stop of their own volition when I meet malicious eyes.

Adam Herran.

He leans against the wall separating the 8th tower from the car park, glaring at me. No. Not glaring. He seems as if he’s barely stopping himself from attacking me.

Adam Herran is the biggest bully in RES.

He made mine and Kim’s life hell these past two years by using every trick in the bullying book. The one who locked me in the showers for five hours? Adam. The one who tripped me on my first day in the cafeteria? Adam.

Last year, Kim received an anonymous love letter. She was over the moon at the thought of someone having a crush on her. Said someone asked her to wait near the 6th tower after school, and she did.

After one hour of waiting, Adam and his goons poured paint and water all over her and laughed in her face.

Who in their right mind would love a fat pig like you? Are you on delusional pills?

Kim ran home crying and after that, she came up with her transformation plan.

Silver, the bitch queen herself, witnessed the event and didn’t appear amused at all.

I was so livid, so humiliated on Kim’s behalf that I went to the principal. And surprise, surprise, Silver was already in the office. She witnessed against Adam along with me.