Page 44 of Their Wicked Secrets: Untouched, Vol 5 of 6

Which isn’t her usual. She’s always got her friends backing her up.

“Can we talk, Luke?”

I close my locker and lean back against it. “Talk.”

She glances to Harper, who’s waiting next to Caden. Sidney sighs, but steps closer.

I hold myself stiffly, ready to shove her away if she tries to touch me. Yes, the old rules don’t apply now, but I still don’t want Sidney to touch me.

“Have you heard what’s going on?”

Eli leans against the locker next to me and watches her with hooded eyes.

“What’s been going on, Sidney?” I ask.

Is she going to give us new information as an olive branch? She did alert us to the picture of Harper. But that doesn’t mean she wasn’t the one to load it. It won’t matter what she gives us. She’s already thrown in with Zach. Either she egged him on to hurt Harper or she knew and didn’t care.

“Some guys attacked Emma at the party this weekend.” She glances over her shoulder like those guys might beat her up if they knew she was telling me. “I don’t think any girl is safe right now.”

We know that one of those guys was her boyfriend.

Caden and Jack walk away with Harper, but Eli stays with me.

“What do you want me to do?” I arch an eyebrow.

Her eyes narrow for a brief second before she returns to her concerned look. “Find the guys. Do what you do best. Make our campus safe.”

“Do you know who did it?” I watch her carefully.

She flinches a little before looking away. “No.”

“Have you talked to Emma? She is your friend after all.”

Sidney’s eyes flare with heat before she hides it. “Emma’s scared to talk.”

Or Emma is giving Sidney the cold shoulder. I nod to Eli. It’s time to raise up Ashley and take down Sidney.

“If we don’t know who to punish, how can we help you?” I wait because she always has something.

“What if it had been me?” She gives me these doe eyes like she thinks I give a fuck about her.

The problem is we know who did it. We don’t know if Sidney was aware. But she must think she can win back favor by telling us.

“Then I would expect you to tell me who did it so they can be made an example.” I shake my head. “If you figure out who did it, let me know and we’ll take care of it.”

We’ll see her true colors tonight. And I’ll show her mine.

CHAPTER 15

Access Control

Harper

After school, Kenz walks with me to her car. She’s been quiet, but so have I. I tried to get Jack to let me review some of the pictures from the trail cam during classes, but he refused. Even knowing he’s doing it to protect me doesn’t help.

Fuck, maybe I can convince Nico to share with me. He’s been texting during the day. He’s practically champing at the bit to get back to school. I reach for my phone in the pocket of my backpack.

“So, Nico’s and then home?” Kenz clicks her fob to unlock the car, and I reach out for the car door.