Everyone in the car was frowning.
It wasn't because she was leaning against Miles Sherman, but because her exhaustion was completely apparent.
Seeming to sense everyone's eyes on her, Zoe Pierce opened hers. She met their tense, somber faces one by one and gave a helpless laugh. "Why are you all making that face again?"
It was a bit like the expressions they had when she woke up on the warship.
Aaron Xavier's brow was furrowed. "Next time, no matter what anyone says, you're not going."
This was just the first time, and look what it did to her.
Zoe Pierce raised her water bottle, took a sip to wet her throat, and replied, "Alright, next time I'll hide behind you, and you can block them for me."
Though everyone knew she was joking, Aaron Xavier just said, "Okay."
"You're just too nice, you know? It makes you an easy target." It was always people like her who got pushed around. Aaron understood that perfectly; he'd been bullied himself before he learned better.
