EMBERS OF REVENGE
I gritted my teeth, determined not to give an answer, but my head burned from the places my hair roots were.
I heard another scrape of the chair and I knew Kaia had gotten up, she walked around the table and my eyes followed her quick movements. She walked close to me and then…smack.
The hall echoed with the sound of her hand connecting with my face: my cheek burned, but my eyes burned more with the reserved tears I didn't want to give them the comfort of seeing me shed.
She tucked her fingers into my jaw and held my head steady in her line of vision.
“You're nothing here, you're a nobody. So when we talk to you, you will listen!” She pushed my jaw forcefully backward and I slammed my head a