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CHAPTER 80
~Spring's POV~
That did it.
Lilith's hand moved fast, and she sent a slap across my cheek. My head turned with the force, strands of hair flying over my face.
The sting was instant, but so was my reaction.
My hand moved before my mind could even form a thought, cracking across her face with enough force to make her stumble back into one of the old wooden desks.
Her hand clutched her cheek, red and raw now, and her eyes blazed with unshed tears and hatred.
"You—you hit me!" she screamed.
I stepped forward, calm. "Yes. And I'd do it again."
Lilith in all her forgotten glory, lunged, fingers curled into claws, but I dodged, spinning slightly to shove her shoulder as she came at me. She stumbled again, barely catching herself.
"This school was never yours," I whispered, glaring down at her. "You just borrowed the power. Spring earned it."
"Don't speak to me like you're above me!"
