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I ended the call and fixed my gaze at a distant point above the Kingsman frat house. The mountains rose behind in the distance.We could go there.Leon suggested going for a walk,or a drive, and staying somewhere quiet, alone, when I first met him.
I wished I’d taken him up on the offer then, because I wasn’t certain I’d ever go back to the Kingsman house.
The thing that killed me inside was that not only were the boys not talking to me, they weren't even talking to each other. The entire situation was... Weird. I had enough weirdness in my life, dealing with my manchild father, who was upset that his businesses didn't flourish at the multibillion level of his competitors. I wasn't convinced he wouldn't pimp me out at some stage as a means to an end.
Yet another toxic situation to avoid.
If nothing else from all this, I learned to stay away from any situation that sent my Spidey senses tingling.
Knuckles wrapped hard on the door behind me.
"It's locked. Fuck off. "
No key, no entry. House rules. I didn't want to deal with any of the boys right now, but I could share a tub of ice cream with Isla.
Even as the door pushed in with a double snick as the lock popped free I got that tingle at the back of my neck that heralded all the bad things.
Maybe if I haven't still been so sluggish with whatever substance still ran through my body, I might have been up in time.
Maybe I should have trusted the world was out to get me and put a damn chair under the door.
So many maybes, but the only one that mattered was the one that came to me when I stared at the inside of the black hood that restricted my air and tightened around my throat.
Maybe he'll come find me.
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
NAPOLEON
I didn’t chase Wrenlee when she ran, but I kept my cell phone on the table in front of me and refused to send off the twenty messages I wrote in apology because I knew she wouldn't listen to a single one of them. Because she wouldn't forgive me. We all had. My brother was the crux of it.
He did it to himself, and we let a fox into our midst. All the worries about being loved locally were nothing compared to the betrayal I felt from my brother. All because of that fucking test we agreed to set.
“She’ll come back,” Beau said in softly spoken controlled words, but they meant less than nothing without her here with me.
I turned my head, only half looking at him. “I know."
Beau fell silent for a few minutes. "My brother tried to kill me. And Sylvie. He threatened to rape her." He said the words lightly, like they meant little.
Maybe they did, because–
"I shot him in the forehead. Twice. Then Sylvie and I were out. We left before his body was cold.”
I did look at him this time. "I know. "
Beau’s story was the stuff of campus legend. I didn't know who let a whisper out, but by the time they were back Rippton buzzed with gossip. They were barely seen apart since, and with the way I felt now, I didn't blame him.
"You do. You understand that money and power changes a man. They can be born into it and still not have a grasp on what that means. Your brother thought he won. He didn't realise what the test was about."
I shrugged, no care factor left in me, and slid my hand into my pocket flicking out the small platinum band with three large clear diamonds set into it. “Last life, this life. Eternity."
Beau fell silent as he watched the ring bounce across the table. He slapped his hand over it and scowled. "So go get her fucking back."
He tossed the ring in my direction, and I caught it, shaking my head. "She doesn't want me."
“She fucking well does," Reid leaned into our conversation. “If a girl ever looked at me the way she looked at you when she woke up, I’d have her in a white dress and fuck her over the altar before someone could tell me not to. "
"Delightful image." Beau shook his head.
