He just stares back at me, surrounded by the Student Council, and then he snaps. For the first time in his fucking life, Archibald Carson loses it. He reaches out and snags me by the upper arm in a tight grip, making me cry out. “No.” That one word from Ranger, booming like a thundercloud. He steps between us, breaking my father's grip on me. “I won't allow you to touch her like that.”
