Liam stood in silence for several seconds after the upperclassmen finished their theatrical display of outrage, their voices still echoing faintly in the open space around them. Each accusation had been delivered with the kind of exaggerated indignation that only people trying far too hard to appear righteous tended to possess. To anyone watching from a distance, the scene might have looked like a group of seniors confronting a junior over some serious misconduct.
But standing in the center of the circle they had formed around him, Liam saw it for exactly what it was.
Petty retaliation.
