Defending Their Own

Everyone was startled.

Tessa glanced over and saw Vance and Jaxon hurriedly making their way toward her.

Jaxon rushed to her side. "Tessa, what happened?"

"Just a small thing," Tessa said casually.

"Just a small thing?" Jaxon frowned, spotting the angry bruise on Tessa's face. "Did someone hit you?"

"Who did it?" Vance's icy voice cut in.

Some people had still been skeptical, wondering if Tessa wa