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Chapter Four
Remi
Ace stares down at me, making my heart thump violently in my chest. My body is hot and restless beneath him, but it’s only anger.
That’s all it can be.
“Get the hell off me.” I buck against him, but he holds my wrists firmly in his grasp.
“Say the magic word, Princess,” Ace taunts. Blood coats his knuckles and splatters his wife-beater. I can’t believe he just did that. Bexley’s nose is broken for sure, I heard the crunch.
“Tell me you’re not with that preppy fucker?”
“Jealous?” My lip curls. I don’t know why I omit the truth, why I even consider sparring with him, but he brings out something buried deep inside me.
“Oh you’d love that, wouldn’t you?”
Something sparks in his eyes, flecks of silver streaking across his soulless blue gaze.
“Shit, Ace,” a voice calls, but neither of us move, locked in this strange standoff. “What are... whoa, is that the princess?” It’s Conner. Ace glances over his shoulder and I use his distraction to my advantage. Shoving my fists into his shoulders, I dig my foot into the ground and slam my body upwards.
“Motherfucker,” Ace grunts, rolling off to the side. I sit up, barely able to contain my laughter. I didn’t mean to catch him in his balls, but I can’t deny it gives me a strange sense of satisfaction.
Conner moves closer, offering me his hand. I take it, letting him pull me up. “You might want to put some ice on that,” I say to Ace, who looks ready to kill me with his bare hands. Once he can stand again, anyway.
I snicker again, and Conner explodes with laughter. “Shit, Princess, we sure underestimated you.”
“Tell your brother to stay the hell away from me.” I don’t stick around to hear either of their replies as I march across the beach toward the path leading over the sandbanks to my house.
Some party.
I didn’t want to come tonight, but Mom ran into Bexley earlier and he mentioned it, and Mom being Mom hounded me until I finally gave in. Besides, I knew Hadley would be here, and she’s about the only girl left at Sterling Prep that I can stand to be around.
“Remi, wait up,” her familiar voice drifts over to me, and I stop. She reaches me, a little breathless as if she ran over here.
“You should go back to the dorms, Hads,” I say.
“What the hell was that? Bexley is—“
“Bexley had it coming,” I grumble.
She smothers a snort. “Yeah, he did. God, he’s such a self-involved, righteous asshole.”
And this is why I like Hadley Rexford. Despite being on the cheer team, she doesn’t buy into the whole school hierarchy bullshit.
“So that’s Ace Jagger, huh?” There’s a lilt in her voice that has me frowning. “Oh, come on. We’ve all heard the news by now. The Jagger brothers have moved into town. Did you meet them already?”
“Something like that,” I murmur.
“And you and Ace are what, exactly?”
“Nothing,” I deadpan. “We’re nothing. I barely know him. Besides, have you seen the guy?”
“Oh, we all saw him.” Her brow quirks up. “He’s really something.”
I glance back to where I left him sprawled out on the sand, clutching his junk. But there’s no sign of Ace or Conner.
“It’s late,” I say, desperate to get off this beach.
