When her dad’s gone, Emma moves to a new academy for a fresh start, but the town’s BIG FOUR, Rowan, August, Liam and Karl, rule everything. Each dangerous, magnetic, and unpredictable, they pull her into their dark world. But the real danger isn’t them—it’s the secret deal that ties her to a deadly game she was never meant to play.
My words have her shaking around my fingers, and I picture what it will be like to feel the flutters strangling my piercings. “I want you to shatter me,” she screams. And fuck do I want that too, but I can’t. “No, Riri. I can’t be your first. My piercings would hurt you,” I grit…
“I ‘m so glad to be going home,” my dad says from the other side of the car. Thomas and I went to pick him up almost two hours ago. He was finally discharged fifteen minutes ago. “I can’t wait for you to spend more time with Jamie and the twins. They’re so excited for…
“Colorado? Like the town over from where we used to live when we were kids?” I probe. Dad answers this time. “Yes, but when we were living there, they were down in Texas.” “Are there any more Bradfords out there?” Now that I know my grandmother and grandfather are alive, I’m curious to know. “Yes.”…
She scrunches her nose, “I’m not the biggest fan of those. I have a horrible track record with spontaneous events.” There it is. That look. It’s gone almost as quickly as it appeared- just like Karl and Liam. They get these faraway looks. However, tonight isn’t about the things haunting her- it’s about seeing more…
I watch as Liam’s demeanor shifts. His eyes turn to slits as one part of his lips curls upward. “Do you want to walk away and try to come back when your sour-ass attitude is gone, Vivian?” Liam growls her name, and her posture goes rigid. I’d say I was surprised, but they rule this…
“Pretty much,” Liam replies, showing another set of documents. “Emma’s father is the rightful head of the Fraternitas, and as his daughter, Emma is the heir to it all. Well, she would be, if she weren’t born as a girl.” I look around the room, gauging the expressions on everyone’s faces, seeing if theirs match…
“I don’t know what’s so funny. Unless you’re laughing at the tragedy that is your life,” Meagan says, turning to see if she receives Sam’s approval for her terrible attempt at bullying me. Once she notices Sam’s smirk, she turns back to me and turns her nose up in my direction. “The only tragedy here…
I’m spending far too much time there lately. “Yup, what did I miss?” “Nothing, you were just five million miles away. You didn’t even see when Rowan dismissed Sam from their table,” Shay says. My head turns, confirming. A very pissed off Samantha stands with her hands fists at her side. “You can’t keep doing…
“Shiiit-tt-tt-tt,” Karl mutters, between twitches, his leg jumping slightly as he continues to work the bundle of nerves between my legs. I suck him in until he softens in my mouth and I release him. My head angles in time to watch as he slowly pulls the handle from inside of me and sucks it…
The Bachelor is happening. His breath on my skin makes me squirm, and I feel the moment he realizes its effect because his lips brush the hollow of my neck. “Does.” Kiss. “This.” Nip. “Feel good?” he murmurs as his teeth graze up my throat, sending sparks along my spine and making my body hum…