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He begins speaking his thoughts as if he’s saying them to himself and I’m not even in the room. “Fucking bitch hones in on my sister—my family! Then she has the gull to come here and play victim. Trying to set me up and turn my fucking friends against me. She thought my fingers felt foreign inside her? Wait until she feels my cock down her throat, choking her until she admits to what a snake she is. And even then, I’ll keep going until I watch her take her last breath because she doesn’t even deserve to breathe the same air as Maddie.”
Well, this didn’t go as planned.Scar isn’t faking this shit. This isn’t some attempt to try and sway me and Jagger, so we turn on Neo and take her side over his.
Is it?
Has Scar been the one who’s three steps ahead of us this entire time?
No. Not a chance. Absolutely not.I know Scar. She wouldn’t use Maddie like that. There’s just no way. She loves Maddie as much as we all do. The thing is, Neo will never see it, and I need to protect her and protect The Society at the same time.
“There’s only one way to find out,” I finally tell him, hoping this works.
Neo stops pacing, his shoulders pulled back. “How?”
“Easy. We play her game and she plays ours, without even knowing it.”
His eyes perk up. “What do you have in mind?”
“She asked if we’d help her find out who it is, so we help her while helping ourselves at the same time.”
Neo nods slowly, rubbing his chin. His eyes glimmer with mischief. “Go on.”
“We need to keep a close eye on her—an extra close eye.”
“As long as I’m the one who shoves the fucking knife in her back when we’re done with her, then count me in.”
ChapterTwenty-Two
SCARLETT
“Oh, umm. Hi,”Riley says, springing up from my bed and away from Elias.
My eyes travel from her to him. “Hiiii,” I drag out the word, while trying to figure out exactly what’s going on here. “Are you…here for me?” I ask Elias, unsure what he’s doing in my room, onmybed.
“I am,” he says, chuckling nervously.
Dropping my books down on my desk, I stay on my feet while Riley chews on her fingernails from her side of the room.
Elias continues, “I came to bring you this.” He pulls a book from behind his back. Not just any book—it’sThe Color Purpleby Alice Walker.
“What? Are you serious?” I snatch it from his hand, flipping it over and running my fingers down the spine. “Where did you get this? It wasn’t in the library.”
Elias grins. “I have my ways.”
“Thank you, Elias. This is amazing.”
“It’s no problem, really.”
There’s an awkward moment of silence before I address the elephant in the room. “I see you’ve met Riley.”
I look at my adorable roommate, whose cheeks are tinged pink. Normally I’d assume it’s her makeup, but not this time. They’re a special shade today.
“Umm. Yeah. We met.” Elias nods, eyes dancing from me to Riley.
“Well,” I say, hoping to alleviate their humiliation, “since you’ve met, you should hang out with us tonight. I heard there’s something exciting happening near the athletic center at dusk.”
I don’t mention the games because, apparently, that’s classified information, but my lack of details makes this sound anything but exciting.
“Sounds fun.” Elias slaps his hands to his legs and stands up, “I can meet you outside the dorm around eight, if that works? Two pretty girls like you really shouldn’t be out walking alone at night.”
