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"Going somewhere nice, Easton?" Cade’s voice makes my steps falter.
"Out," I bark back without even looking into the room I know he's hanging out in.
"Don't do anything I wouldn't do."
"Fuck you, Kingsley." I flip him off over my shoulder, half expecting him to body slam me into the wall for my attitude, but by some miracle, he lets me leave without saying another word.
The drive to campus is quick, but I spend most of the drive looking in my rearview mirror to make sure that motherfucker hasn't followed me.
Confident the coast is clear, I park in our old dorm lot and hit the sidewalk that will take me to Mia. She's waiting for me; the second I turn the corner, her curtains twitch and she appears at the window.
My breath catches as she finds me, but when she doesn't smile as I get closer, my heart sinks.
Is this a setup?
I hate to even think it of her, but she's being controlled by Cade, so I need to be realistic. If he wants to get to me, then he knows the easiest way is through Mia.
When I'm right beneath the fire escape, she opens the window, and, without another thought, I climb up and into her room. Her floral scent hits me long before my feet meet the floor, but other than casting a quick look around to make sure she's alone, the only thing I can focus on is her.
"Fuck, you're beautiful," I whisper, taking her face in my hands and brushing my lips over hers.
"Bexley," she whispers into my kiss. "This isn't why—"
"Shhh… Let me just have a minute."
Her entire body sags, and I drop my hands to her ass and lift her. She automatically wraps her legs around my waist, and I walk us over to her bed, lying her down and continuing our kiss.
Her hands press against my chest in a pathetic attempt to get me to back off.
"Can't," I murmur against her jaw. "Addicted."
"I-I know. Me too. But I really need to talk."
I blow out a long, frustrated breath that tickles over her neck and makes her shudder. "Okay, mouse. What do you need to get off your chest?" I drop down beside her and turn her onto her side. Our bodies are only an inch apart, our noses almost touching.
She looks away from me for a beat, and I panic.
"Mia, what is it?" Wrapping my hand around her waist, I squeeze gently to get her to look back up at me.
"You can't tell anyone about this, Bex."
"Of course."
She sucks in a breath, pausing for a few minutes to collect her thoughts. "I decided to go to the Town Hall to see if I could get into the town's archives."
"Okay. Why?" I frown.
She shrugs. "I thought that maybe I could find something I could use against Cade. I don't know. It was stupid because they're all locked up, there's CCTV everywhere. I just thought…" She trails off, tears filling her eyes.
"Hey, it's okay," I soothe, wrapping my hand around the side of her neck and brushing my thumb over her cheek. "It's not stupid at all."
"My dad works there. So I went to his office when I realized it was a dead-end. But before I got there, I heard Phillip and him talking."
"Cargill?"
She nods. "I think… I think my dad might have something to do with me being Cade's prosapia."
I rear back. "W-what?"
