Chapter 26

After a thousand hisses and a dragging pace, I got to the class, which was quite empty as others had gone out for a break. My eyes roamed around and fell on Jace, who was sitting calmly at his desk, looking at the space without moving. I clearly notice the wet eyes and clenched jaw with his heavy breath that tell me how bad he feels.

He looked pained and enraged at the same time, but all that never altered with his cuteness, which seemed to be clearer and more overwhelming in my eyes at that moment.

I sighted a bandage on the side of his head, leaving me gasping and gritting my teeth, feeling suddenly pained and angry that he had the wound.

I scurried to where he sat, even before realizing how weird it was.

"Who dared to injure you?" I threw the question at him suddenly, which really made him flinch a bit, before looking up at me, his face showing clearly how surprised he was.

"Bella, are you asking me that?" He asked, his countenance dr