You Can't Hate Me

Ajax narrows his eyes at me, his jaw clenching. Before I know it, he's taken his left hand away from my mouth and is drawing back his right hand. His fist comes right at me and smashes into my face.

I can't help but scream. My face explodes with pounding pain as blood runs down my face. I clutch my obviously broken nose, already feeling a bruise form on my cheek.

Ajax sneers at my reaction. "Now, monkey face, do you believe it? Do you believe that I hate you so much I'd do anything in my power to get rid of you? I've killed before, and I won't hesitate to do it again."

I can't speak because of the pain coursing through my entire head. I try to focus on the problem though I'm already dizzy due to the scent and excessive loss of blood.

"You...don't...hate...me...because...you can't...Ajax," I force out between my teeth.

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Enter Ajax, a boy broken beyond repair. He's given up on ever being happy again because there's nothing to be happy about in his life. He resolves to bullying to let out his ever present anger, as if it would ever make his life better.

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Enter Alia, already the bully victim of Ajax on her first day in her eighth new school. She enjoys life and makes new friends, but Ajax is in the way.

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What do you do when you encounter an obstacle? Do you jump over it? Face it? Go around it? Or...is it possible to...fall for it?

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