Chapter 179: SIAN

I guess it's because I'd never been around Track that much that I missed it. But now with him here, it's like the others had fallen into some well-learned routine.

Except for my brother. At least he looked a little more confused than the others, though not as much as me. It's like they all knew something. But what?

It's only been a few hours since that whole thing this morning, but when I look at them now, I don't see the same guys from a few days ago. Or even yesterday. What could've happened in that short window of time to make them change like this?

They were starting to make me nervous. Like something big was going to happen any minute now. They seem so serious, almost unapproachable. And not only me, but everyone else seems to have noticed.

It was obvious in the wide berth the rest of the student body was making around them. Like they expected them to snap, or it was more like some weird form of respect.

Though I always got the feeling that Jace was very well respected