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Silence falls over us as the events of the last twenty-four hours play in my mind.
“Why would Brook do that? I thought she wanted Cade.”
“Oh, she does. Which is exactly why she did it.”
“That makes no sense.”
“You’re looking for answers that aren’t there. Cade, Ashton, Brook… they only care about one thing. Power. You ended up in the middle of Bexley and Cade… well, she’s just put your boyfriend right in the middle of her and Cade.”
“He’s not my boyfriend.” He’s not my anything now.
“He didn’t know what he was doing.”
“It doesn’t matter. I can’t keep doing this. Cade isn’t going to ever give me up. Not unless I find a way out.”
“What are you saying?”
“I need to find his weakness. I need something I can use against him.”
“Mia,” Sasha tsks, “don’t start something you can’t finish. Cade is… well, he’s a special brand of crazy.”
“So what would you have me do? Just accept that this is it for me? Because I won’t do that, Sash, I won’t.”
Lacing her arm through mine, she pulls me close, laying her head on my shoulder. “You can’t win against someone like Cade. He doesn’t play by the rules, Mia. He makes the rules. What do you think is going to happen to Bexley now he knows the truth about the two of you?”
Oh God. Bexley.
“He won’t let you forget, babe. And when you’re least expecting it, he’ll pull the rug out from under you.”
“I can’t just do nothing.” The idea makes me feel nauseous.
Sasha peeks up at me and gives me a weak smile. “I know it sucks, but I don’t think you have a choice.”
Sasha gave me a ride back to my dorm after that. I might not have been able to go to war with Cade yet, but I could fight each battle. And if he thought for one second that I was going to walk back in there and act as if everything was okay, he had another thing coming.
I throw my bag down by the desk and grab my laptop, getting comfy on the middle of my bed. Sasha said I don’t have any choice, but there’s always a choice. I just have to find my leverage.
I open up a new search bar and type in Cade Kingsley. Everyone has secrets, and something tells me Cade’s are bigger and darker than most.
I just need to find the right one.
The one that will get me out of this in one piece.
But after an hour of researching Cade and his family’s name, I’m still drawing a blank. Google isn’t going to give me the information I need. I need to go straight to the source: the town’s archives. But they’re not public records. I know, because my dad told me once.
And lucky for me, my dad just happens to work security for the building in which they’re kept.
3
Bexley
"You're out of fucking line," I bark at Cade the second Mia disappears from the hallway.
"So? What the fuck are you going to do about it?"
"You're not going t
o get away with this," I warn, taking a step toward him once more.
