Every eye was frozen in shock.
The thing Jax had just done. The kick. The scream. Zharina writhing on the ground clutching herself.
It made them stunned. Too stunned to react.
Then they snapped out of it.
Jax was tackled to the ground. Multiple bodies piled on him. Hands pressing him down. Voices shouting.
"What the fuck is wrong with you?!"
"Have you lost your mind?!"
"You attacked a professor!"
One after another they scolded him. Screamed at him. Called him every name they could think of.
Meanwhile, Lysandra's cold voice cut through.
"Guards. Seize the girl."
The soldiers moved. Three of them approached Maya with chains ready.
Maya's eyes went wide with terror.
But before they could reach her, Jax exploded.
He broke through the pile of bodies holding him down. His sword was still on the ground somewhere. Didn't matter. He had his fists.
The first guard reached for Maya.
