His Quiet Undoing: TO LOVE THY BROTHER
The sound is sharp, sudden, and loud enough to make me flinch.
“Don’t you dare, Zane!” Seth snaps, his voice raised now, the control he usually holds completely gone.
Zane’s head turns slightly from the impact, but he doesn’t fall back. He stays where he is… calm, then slowly straightens.
For a second, I think he might hit back.
But He doesn’t.
Instead, he lifts his hand and rubbs his cheek lightly, almost nonchalantly, like the hit didn’t affect him as much as it should have.