Zayd heard the derogatory words before he saw the menacing gaze of her murky brown eyes. Megan, Sarah, Riley, and Ellen passed by them as they were putting up their lunch trays. All four girls had the same glare in their eyes, all pointing toward Lilyan. Megan accidentally caught Lilyan's attention and a string of vicious names ran through the girl's mind as their eyes met. Zayd fought off the urge to punch her.
“What's wrong?” Lilyan asked, squeezing his hand. She had torn her beautiful blue eyes away from Megan's jealous gaze and was looking up at his face. He gave a sigh and then smiled softly.
“Trying to ignore annoying thoughts, is all,” he said reassuringly. It was usually fairly easy to ignore other people when he was around Lilyan. Focusing on her made the thoughts around him see……
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