The Revenge of One Humiliated
Shame is an acid corroding everything inside.
"Élianor?"
The voice is soft, masculine. I lift my head, frightened, expecting fresh mockery. But it's not a tormentor. It's Raphaël.
Raphaël de Saint-Clair. The boy whose mere passing in a hallway makes every heart flutter, including mine, in secret, with the painful certainty of its impossibility. He's there, standing, his chestnut hair tousled by the wind, his disturbingly green eyes fixed on me with a concern that seems sincere. He's even more beautiful up close, with a beauty that hurts.