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Syn
Alone and broken. That’s what I want.
I want Cole Reynolds to know how it feels to lose a sibling.
I need Victoria Anderson—Reynoldsto suffer the pain of being alone.
I crave someone to focus all my rage and hatred on.
“You speak as though I’m in control of how others act when they see another person siding with a murderer,” I say, coldly. “Did you not hear me when I said everyone was to ignore you? That defaults to any scum who chooses to side with you.”
Although her eyes go wide, they don’t leave mine. She frowns. “I just have to end my friendship with her?”
“It’s not for me to say how others will react, but…” I shrug.
She rubs her temple, drawing my attention to her hair. When Dominic informed me that he had broken into her room to mess with her hair, this wasn’t what I expected. Aside from a few faint blue stains around her hairline, the color is bright and vibrant. Annoyingly, it makes her eyes look even greener. Eyes that should be fighting back tears, but instead, are glaring resolutely at me.
“Please,” she says before suddenly sinking to her knees. “I understand why you hate me, but please, Penny is just trying to be a good person. You can consider our friendship over, so please leave her alone.”
Truthfully, I wasn’t expecting that. For someone with thenerveto come here and not only act like her brother isn’t a killer, but spout shit about how he isn’t even guilty—someone so selfish—could think of someone else?
Only, if I was her, I’d be acting and saying all the right things to manipulate me.
And I will not be manipulated by this bitch.
“I know everything that happens on this campus,” I tell her. “If you say one thing and then I see you two together—and I will see you—then there will be nothing I could do or say that would prevent anyone from acting how they see fit.”
“Thank you,” she says, quietly.
Ignoring her, I turn to Royal. “Drive.”
He’s staring at her, brows furrowed. The frown doesn’t leave his face as he looks at me, but he does release the brake, and we drive away.
“Syn, man, what the fuck was that?” Gemini leans forward so his face is between mine and Royal’s shoulders.
Shifting in my seat, I turn so I can face both him and Royal, but I make sure not to have her in my eyeline. “What do you mean?”
“You could have told her to leave, and she would have. You’d have won.”
“Won?” I repeat, incredulously. “Won what? There is no competition here. I don’t want her to leave. I want her broken. I want her here, where I can keep an eye on her, and where I don’t need to worry about her going to the press with shit about her brother being innocent.”
Gemini sinks back into his seat and stares off at the buildings as we drive past.
“She looked pretty broken to me,” Royal says, suddenly.
Narrowing my eyes, I glare at him. “Thatwas not broken.” I look between the two of them, irritation growing. “Since when have you two started feeling bad for her? What about JP? What about me?”
Royal sighs, but it’s Gemini who speaks. “Go fuck yourself. We all miss JP.” He folds his arms and glares back at me. “And when haven’t I done anything that you’ve asked?”
“Dick,” I mutter before turning to stare at Royal, who’s being silent when it’s usually him who has something to say about everything.
Finally, he acknowledges me with a side eye. “She was covered in fuck knows what and on her knees. She looked pretty fucking broken.”
“We’ve still got a long way to go before we’re there,” I tell him. Someone who chooses to come here and stay, is going to take a lot more than a fucking smoothie over her head to break.
“Yeah, well you need to get your shit together then.” Royal snorts. “All you can think about is Vict—”
“Don’t say her fucking name.” I hiss at him as I punch his thigh.
