"Just kneeling there is already annoying. Even his breathing pisses me off," Alex hissed, his voice loud enough for everyone to hear while his eyes stayed locked on me.
I could not bring myself to look at them directly. From where I was, all I could see was a row of legs. Yukie stood there in her polished high heels, looking down at me with an icy gaze. Beside her, Maximus wore a crooked smirk, Isabel looked amused by the spectacle, and Nerissa observed with a sadistic glint in her eye.
Alex stepped closer, his slow pace deliberate as he stopped right in front of me. His voice echoed in my already burning ears.
"You know, Adam," he went on, then crouched down until his face was level with mine. His breath clouded faintly in the air. "Maybe the problem is not what you did. Maybe the problem is simply… your existence. You breathe the same air as us. And that alone… contaminates the atmosphere."
